Present Perfect vs Present Perfect Continuous 2
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Complete the following sentences with the
present perfect
or
present perfect continuous
forms of the verbs in bold.
ANSWERS
1)
The bathroom's in an awful mess! What
(the children/do)
?
2)
The police
(look for)
the missing woman for three days now.
3)
Sebastian loves London. He
(be)
there many times.
4)
I
(watch)
the news every evening.
5)
He
(work)
at our company since 2015.
6)
She
(write)
four books and she is working on another one.
7)
Mark
(watch)
TV for hours; that's why his eyes are red.
8)
Usually I study at home, but I
(study)
in the library for the last week.
9)
I
(have)
my cat for nine years.
10)
We
(finish)
our exams. We're very happy.
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Answers
1)
have the children been doing
evidence of recent past activity
2)
have/'ve been looking for
temporary actions or states
3)
has/'s been
multiple actions at different times
4)
have/'ve been watching
repeated actions
5)
has worked/has been working
no difference in meaning
6)
has/'s written
multiple actions at different times
7)
has/'s been watching
evidence of recent past activity
8)
have/'ve been studying
temporary actions or states
9)
have/'ve had
used with action verbs
10)
have/'ve finished
permanent actions or states
