Present Perfect Catering

1. A: Do you like the Sushi?

B: I don’t know. I _____________________________ (not / eat) it.

2. My best friend and I _____________________________ (know) each other for over five years. We still get together once a week.

3. Stefan is a fantastic chef. He _____________________________ (work) here for ten years.

4. The bar _____________________________ (not / be) this busy in ages.

5. _______________ you ever ___________ (worked) in an elegant restaurant?

Yes, I _____________________ (work) in two or three.

6. How sad! George is twenty and he _____________________________ (not / drink) a glass of beer.

7. Anna, I can’t believe how much pasta you _____________________________ (make)! We will never eat all that!

8. How many dishes __________________ Daniel _______________ (prepare) for that table?

I think he ____________________ (grill) two steaks and ______________ (make) four sandwiches.

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Present Perfect Continuous – Negative

Write negative sentences in the present perfect continuous tense

1. we / not / in the mountains / walk

2. Beatrice / not / in Boston / teach

3. Ricky / not / the car / wash

4. she / not / a poem / write

5. we / not / tea / drink

6. we / not / our rooms / clean

7. the children / not / on the floor / sleep

8. Jeff and Linda / not / cycle

9. Christine / not / her home / decorate

10. the cat / not / on the chair / lie / all day

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Present Perfect Continuous – Positive.

Write positive sentences in the present perfect continuous tense.

1. Albert / squash / play

2. Hannah / the match / watch

3. we / in the park / wait

4. you / a song / sing

5. I / a magazine / read

6. it / rain / all day

7. Phil and Greg / a race / run

8. she / her teeth / brush

9. the Millers / in London / live / for three years

10. we / on the lake / sail.

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Present Perfect Continuous or Present Continuous

1. It _____________________ (rain) all week. I hope it stops by Saturday because I want to go to the beach.

2. Sid: Where is Gary?
Sarah: He_____________________ (study) at the library for his English test on Wednesday. In fact, he _____________________ (revise) for the test every day for the last week.

3. You look really great! _____________________ you _____________________ (exercise) a lot recently?

4. Frank, where have you been? We _____________________ (wait) for you since 1 PM.

5. Tim: What is that sound?
Nancy: A car alarm _____________________ (ring) somewhere down the street. It _____________________ (drive) me crazy – I wish it would stop! It _____________________ (ring)  for more than twenty minutes.

6. Joseph’s English _____________________ (improve, really), isn’t it? He _____________________ (watch) English speaking television programs and _____________________ (study) grammar every day since he first began his English lessons. Soon he will be totally fluent.

7. Dan: You look a little tired. _____________________ you _____________________ (get) enough sleep lately?
Michelle: Yes, I _____________________ (sleep) relatively well. I just look tired because I _____________________ (feel) a little sick for the last week.
Dan: I hope you feel better soon.
Michelle: Thanks. I _____________________ (take, currently) some medicine, so I should feel better in a couple of days.

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Present Perfect – Past Simple 2 – Computers

Since computers were first introduced to the public in the early 1980′s, technology ____________________ (change) a great deal. The first computers ____________________ (be) simple machines designed for basic tasks. They ____________________ (have, not) much memory and they ____________________ (be, not) very powerful. Early computers were often quite expensive and customers often ____________________ (pay) thousands of dollars for machines which actually ____________________ (do) very little. Most computers____________________ (be) separate, individual machines used mostly as expensive typewriters or for playing games.

 

Times ____________________ (change). Computers ____________________ (become) powerful machines with very practical applications. Programmers ____________________ (create) a large selection of useful programs which do everything from teaching foreign languages to bookkeeping. We are still playing video games, but today’s games ____________________ (become) faster, more exciting interactive adventures. Many computer users ____________________ (get, also) on the Internet and ____________________ (begin) communicating with other computer users around the world. We ____________________ (start) to create international communities on-line. In short, the simple, individual machines of the past ____________________ (evolve) into an international World Wide Web of knowledge.

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