Choose the Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous

1. __________________________________ (you / buy) your train ticket yet?

2. The kitchen is a complete mess! What ________________(the children / do)?

3. Julie _____________________________________(learn) to drive for six years!

4. Amanda ___________________ (already / have) lunch, so she’ll meet us later.

5. How much coffee ________________________ (she / drink) this morning?

6. Simon ______________________________________ (write) three books.

7. I __________________________ (do) everything I needed to do today! Hurray!

8. It __________________________ (not / rain) all summer, so the garden is dead.

9. I _______________________________ (read) your book. Here it is, thank you.

10. She __________________________________(forget) how to get to my house.

11. I _________________________ (work) in the garden all day and I need a rest.

12. She ___________________________ (make) three cakes. They look delicious!

13. David feels great these days. He ____________________ (get) up early lately.

14. We __________________________________ (always / hate) rush hour traffic.

15. Recently, I ___________________ (study) a lot. My exams are in a few weeks.

16. We ___________________________ (write) this book for months and months.

17. I ____________________________________ (always / love) chocolate.

18. I _______________________ (want) to go back to university for a long time.

19. What’s that delicious smell? _______________________ (you / cook)?

20. I _____________________________________ (watch) seven films this week!

 

Choose the Past Perfect or the Past Simple.

1. We had already eaten when John __________________________ (come) home.

2. Last year Juan ___________________________________ (pass) all his exams.

3. When I _________ (get) to the airport I discovered I had forgotten my passport.

4. I went to the library, then I _______________ (buy) some milk and went home.

5. I opened my handbag to find that I ________________ (forget) my credit card.

6. When we __________________ (arrive) at the station, the train had already left.

7. We got home to find that someone __________________ (break) into the house.

8. I opened the fridge to find someone _________________(eat) all my chocolate.

9. I had known my husband for three years when we ___________ (get) married.

10. Julie was very pleased to see that John ________________(clean) the kitchen.

11. It _______________ (not / rain) all summer, so the grass was completely dead.

12. When he ____________________ (arrive) at the party, Julie had just left.

13. After arriving home, I realised I ____________________(not / buy) any milk.

14. The laundry was wet – it ____________________ (rain) while I was out.

15. William felt ill last night because he ________________ (eat) too many cakes.

16. Keiko ________________________________ (meet) William last September.

17. First I tidied the flat, then I ____________ (sit) down and had a cup of coffee.

18. John ________ (play) the piano when he was a child, but he doesn’t play now.

19. When I opened the curtains the sun was shining but the ground was white. It _____________________________ (snow) during the night.

20. When Julie got home from her holiday, her flat was a mess. John __________________ (have) a party.

[1] Здесь и далее V – verb, глагол.