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1. Complete the following sentences with the present perfect of the verb in
Parentheses.

Belton is a small town. Brad Peltry (live) ____has lived___ in Belton all his life. Brad
is 58 years old. Brad is married. He (be) ______________ married to Dora for 25 years.
They (know) _______________ each other since high school. Brad and Dora have a son.
He is a
student at a university in Atlanta. He (study) ____________ medicine for three years now.
Brad owns the grocery store in town. He (own) ______________ the store for 22
years. He (work) ________________ in the store for 22 years. Something strange has
happened this week. Nobody (see) __________________ Brad for four days.
His truck (disappear) ______________ . Dora doesnt know where he is. Dora (be) ___
_______________ worried. Brad (have) ________________ money problems lately.

2.

Put the verbs into the correct form (Past Perfect simple).
My little brother ate all of the cake that I _____________________ (make).
The waitress brought a dish that we _____________________ (not / order) .
Last night I couldn't get in because I _____________________ (forget) my keys.
When we arrived at the station, the train _____________________ (go).
They didn't have any money because they _____________________ (pay) all the
bills.
We had a big party because we _____________________ (pass) all our exams.
I got to the cinema at 6.30 but fortunately the film ____________________ (not
start) .
I was exhausted because I _____________________ (study) too much.

3. Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous Exercise

Have you bought

(you / buy) your train ticket yet?

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The kitchen is a complete mess! What _________________ (the children / do)?

Julie ____________________________________ (learn) to drive for six years!
Amanda ________________________________ (already / have) lunch, so
shell meet us later.
How much coffee ___________________________(she / drink) this morning?
Simon ____________________________________ (write) three books.
I __________________________ (do) everything I needed to do today! Hurray!
It __________________________ (not / rain) all summer, so the garden is dead.
I _______________________________ (read) your book. Here it is, thank you.
She __________________________________ (forget) how to get to my house.
I __________________________ (work) in the garden all day and I need a rest.
She ___________________________ (make) three cakes. They look delicious!
David feels great these days. He _____________________ (get) up early lately.
We ___________________________________ (always / hate) rush hour traffic.
Recently, I _____________________ (study) a lot. My exams are in a few
weeks.
We ____________________________ (write) this book for months and months.
I _________________________________________ (always / love) chocolate.
I _________________________ (want) to go back to university for a long time.
Whats that delicious smell? ______________________________ (you / cook)?
I _____________________________________ (watch) seven films this week!
Exercise on Past Perfect Progressive
4. Put the verbs into the correct form (past perfect progressive).

We (sleep) had been sleeping

for 12 hours when he woke us up.

They (wait)_____________________ at the station for 90 minutes when the train

finally arrived.
We (look for) _____________________ her ring for two hours and then we found it
in the bathroom.

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I (not / walk) ______________________________ for a long time, when it

suddenly began to rain.
How long (learn / she) _______________________ English before she went to
London?
Frank Sinatra caught the flu because he (sing) _____________________ in the rain
too long.
He (drive)_______________________ less than an hour when he ran out of petrol.
They were very tired in the evening because they (help) _____________________
on the farm all day.
I (not / work) ________________________ all day; so I wasn't tired and went to the
disco at night.
They (cycle)_______________________________ all day so their legs were sore
in the evening.

5. Put the verbs into the correct form (future I). Use going to.
It (rain)___________is going to rain________________ .
They (eat) __________________________________ stew.
I (wear)____________________________________ blue shoes tonight.
We (not / help) _______________________________you.
Jack (not / walk)_______________________________ home.
(cook / you)__________________________________ dinner?
I (not / spend) _______________________________my holiday abroad this year.
(leave / they) ________________________________the house?
(take part / she) _______________________________ in the contest?
I (not / spend) ________________________________ my holiday abroad this year.