Present perfect. Present perfect continuous

1. Present Perfect/ Present Perfect Continuous

2. Present Perfect

3. Present Perfect

already
just
ever
never
yet
recently
today

4. Present Perfect Continuous

5. Present Perfect/ Present Perfect Continuous

• Molly ______________ (tidy up) the house
for two hours.
• Molly has been tidying up the house for
two hours.
• Brenda ___________ (watch) cartoons
since 3 o’clock.
• Brenda has been watching cartoons since
3 o’clock.

6.

• My dad _____________ (already/watch)
the latest news.
• My dad has already watched the latest
news.
• His elder sister _________(yet/not/tidy up)
her room.
• His elder sister hasn’t tidied up her room
yet.

7.

• Alice _______________ (feed) her baby
for twenty minutes already.
• Alice has been feeding her baby for twenty
minutes already.
• Recently I _________ (feed) baby-lions in
the zoo.
• Recently I have fed baby-lions in the zoo.

8.

• Nancy and her boy-friend ____________
(chat) on the phone for some hours
already.
• Nancy and her boy-friend have been
chatting on the phone for some hours
already.

9.

• Amy ___________ (watch) the old videos
since yesterday.
• Amy has been watching the old videos
since yesterday.
• They _________________ (already/chat)
on the phone.
• They have already chatted on the phone.

10.

• You __________ (not/discuss) your
problems on the phone for half an hour.
• You haven’t been discussing your
problems on the phone for half an hour.
• I _____________ (already/make) lunch.
• I have already made lunch.

11.

• I _______________ (cook) chicken soup
for fifty minutes.
• I have been cooking chicken soup for fifty
minutes.
• She ______________ (cook) cheese soup
since 12 o’clock.
• She has been cooking cheese soup since
12 o’clock.

12.

• My uncle Don ___________ (already/take)
out the rubbish.
• My uncle Don has already taken out the
rubbish.
• His daughter _______________(just/take)
out rubbish.
• His daughter has just taken out rubbish.

13.

• Henry ______________(take) out rubbish
for five minutes already.
• Henry has been taking out rubbish for five
minutes already.
• Grace ___________ (feed) her chickens
for 15 minutes already.
• Grace has been feeding her chickens for
15 minutes already.

14.

• My elder sister __________________
(already/dust) the furniture.
• My elder sister has already dusted the
furniture.
• We ____________ (not dust) the furniture
for forty minutes.
• We haven’t been dusting the furniture for
forty minutes.

15.

• Andy ___________(dust) the wardrobe
since one o’clock!
• Andy has been dusting the wardrobe since
one o’clock!
• Jill __________ (yet/not wash) the dishes.
• Jill hasn’t washed the dishes yet.

16.

• Mick _____________ (not bake) bread
since early morning.
• Mick hasn’t been baking bread since early
morning.
• Emily _____________ (vacuum) for half
an hour.
• Emily has been vacuuming for half an
hour.

17.

• Nancy ______________ (just/not vacuum)
the living room.
• Nancy hasn’t just vacuumed the living
room.
• Polly and Dolly __________ (already/plan)
their weekends.
• Polly and Dolly have already planned their
weekends.