Perfect Continuous.

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 474.

Exercise 25. Put each verb in brackets into either Present Perfect or Present

a. Someone (eat) has eaten all the cakes. I'll have to buy some more.

b. What (you buy)........... your sister for her birthday?

c. My throat is really sore. I (sing)............. all evening.

d. Brenda (learn)............ Russian, but she finds it difficult.

e. How many people (you invite)........... to your party?

f. Those two cats (sit)............ on that branch for the last hour.

g. It (rain)............ all day! Why can't it stop?

h. Diana (wear)................ twelve different dresses in the past week!

i. I (do)........... everything you asked. What should I do now?

j. Graham and Pauline (try)............. to find a house for ages, but they can't find one they can afford.

Exercise 26. Put each verb in brackets into either Past Simple,

Present Perfect, or Present Perfect Continuous.

It was announced in London this morning that the British Oil Corporation (1) ...has discovered (discover) oil under the sea near the Welsh coast.

The company, which (2)

.......... (drill) for oil in the area for several years, (3)........ (find) small amounts of oil near

Swansea last month, and since then (4).............. (discover) larger amounts under the seabed

nearby. Last year the government (5) ..................... (lend) over £50,000,000 to BOC, and

(6).............. (give) permission for the company to build an oil refinery and other facilities

in South Wales.

The reaction of local people to today's news (7) ............................. (be) mixed so far. Local

MPs (8)................ (already welcome) the news, pointing out that the oil industry will bring

badly needed jobs to the area. But local residents are worried about the danger of pollution.

'Nobody (9)............... (ask) us yet what we want,' said Ann Griffiths, leader of the Keep

Out The Oil Campaign. 'Look what

(10)...................... (happen) when they (11)...................... (find) oil in Scotland in the 1960s.

The oil companies (12) .................................. (get) rich, not the local people. BOC

(13)...................... (not tell) us the truth about what this is going to mean for our people.' A

BOC spokesman later (14) ................. (refuse) to comment. Meanwhile local campaigners

(15)...................... (ask) the government to hold an inquiry.