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Date: 2015-10-07; view: 537.

A. Complete the sentences with these verbs, using the same one for each sentence in the pair. Use the present perfect in one sentence and the present perfect continuous in the other.

Exercise 1 (Present Perfect Simple and Continuous).

Grammar

1 a An important file __________from my office.

b Plants and vegetables _______________from my garden since we had new neighbours.

2 a Dr Fletcher _________________the same lecture to students for the last ten years.

b Mr Goldman_______________ nearly a million pounds to the charity this year.

3 a With their win yesterday, Italy _____________into second place in the table.

b As house prices in the cities have risen, people________________ into the countryside.

4 a For years he_________________ that he is related to the royal family.

b The earthquake ______________over 5000 lives.

5 a All day, the police _________________ motorists to question them about the accident.

b Good, the noise_________________ I can start concentrating on my work again.

B.Choose the most appropriate sentence ending.

1 I've swum...

I've been swimming...

2 They have asked me...

They have been asking me...

3 I have visited Vienna...

I've been visiting Vienna...

4 We've stayed...

We've been staying...

a and I feel exhausted.

b thirty lengths of the pool.

a to visit them for ages, but I've never had the time.

b to join the company on a number of occasions.

a three or four times before.

b since 1990 and I've always felt very safe here.

a at this hotel a couple of times before.

b at a small hotel near the sea.