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Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous

A) Fill in the blanks with Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous

Thomas _______________ ( collect ) napkins for five years. She ______________ 128 napkins so far.

I ______________ ( work ) on this new model for three weeks but I ____________ ( finish ) it yet.

How many invitation cards ___________ ( write ) so far?

How long  ____________ ( Tolga / teach ) French?

Cenk _______________ ( print ) the documents for nearly forty minutes.

Roberto Carlos and Alex de Souza ________________ ( just / sign ) a new contract with Fenerbahçe.

I don’t believe it. It is the cheapest car I _______________ ( ever / see ).

A: Why are your eyes red?       B: Oh! I _______________ ( cry ).

B) Underline the correct alternative

Edu and Lugano are friends. They know / have known each other since 2005.

Ebru is exhausted because she has been working / is working hard all day.

Dr.Giray is examining / has been examining Taner at the moment.

I haven’t visited / wasn’t visiting my granparents for two weeks.

Vedat didn’t do / has never done yoga in his life.

KEY:

Part A) 1. has been collecting / has collected  2. have been working / haven’t finished  3. have you written  4. has Tolga been teaching  5. has been printing  6. have just signed  7. have ever seen 8. have been crying

Part B) 1. have known  2. has been working  3. is examining  4. haven’t visited  5. has never done

Exercise 1

Fill in the blanks with Present Perfect or Simple Past.

1) Merve: Kemal, how many times _______________ you _______________ ( move ) your house?

    Kemal: I don’t exactly know but I think five or six times.

    Merve: When _______________ you ______________ ( move ) to your present house?

    Kemal: I _______________ ( move ) in 2007.

2) This is the first time she ________________ ( swim ) in a swimming pool.

3) My sister hasn’t seen her best friend since she ______________ ( get ) married.

4) Necdet and Mehmet _______________ ( work ) for this company for 9 years.

5) A: ____________ you ever ____________ ( have ) an accident?

    B: Yes, I ___________ ( have ) an accident once.

    A: How __________ it __________ ( happen ) ?

    B: I was driving fast when I _______________ ( see ) a deer on the road. Unfortunately, I _______________  (can not) anything and I ______________ ( hit ) it?

    A: _______________ the deer ______________ ( die ) ?

    B: No, it was badly injured and I _______________ ( take ) it to a vet.