USE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE OR PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS TO FILL IN THE BLANKSUse PRESENT PERFECT TENSE or PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS to fill in the blanks: 1. I’m trying to study. I … (try) to study for the last hour, but something always seems to interrupt me. I think I’d better go to the library. 2. The children are playing basketball right now. They … (play) for almost two hours. They must be getting tired. 3. The telephone … (ring) four times in the last hour, and each timeit has been for my roommate. 4. The telephone … (ring) for almost a minute. Why doesn’t someone answer it? 5. It …(rain) all day. I wonder when it will stop. 6. We … (have) three accidents so far this week. I wonder how many more we will have if you keep using the tools carelessly. 7. We … (live) here since last June. 8. My little son is dirty from head to foot because he … (play) in the mud. 9. What’s the matter? Your eyes are red and puffy. I hope you … (not / cry). Oh,now I understand. You …(peel) some onions. 10. Hello, Rob. I’m happy to see you again. I …. (not / see) you for weeks. What … you … (do) lately? 11. I … (not / be) able to reach my boss on the phone yet. I … (try) for the last twenty minutes, but the line …busy. 12. We … (have) three major snowstorms so far this winter. I wonder how many more we will have. 13. I … (write) them three times, but I still haven’t received a reply. 14. A: Dr. Harrison is a good teacher. How long … he … (be) at the university? B: He …(teach) here for almost 25 years. 15. A: What are you going to order for dinner? B: Well, I … (have / have) pizza. So I think, I’ll order that. 16. My uncle … (paint) the outside of his house for three weeks and he’s still not finished. 17. The Smiths are presently in Tunisia. They … (travel) throughout North Africa since the middle of May. They’ll return home in another month |