The present perfect or present perfect continuous

III. The present perfect or present perfect continuous.

1. Mary ____ (rest) in the garden all day because she ____ (be) ill.

2. He ____ (not, be) here since Christmas. I wonder where he ___ (live) since then.

3, She ___ (work) so hard this week that she __ (not have) time to go to the movies.

4. That book ____ (lie) on the table for weeks. You ____ (not read) it yet?

5. Tom ___ (never be) in Hanoi.

6. You ________ (sleep) so far?

7. I ___ (ring) the bell for the last twenty minutes.

8. They ___ (swim) all the morning.

9. She ___ (wait) for him all her lifetime.

10. It's the second time he ___ (lose) his passport.

11. Up to the present, we ___ (write) almost every lesson in the book.

12. Fred's brother _____ (just, graduate) from Oxford University.

13. He ____ (not/speak) on the phone for half an hour, just a couple of minutes.

14. The dog ____ (bark) since midnight.

15. The children _____ (be) on holiday for six days.

16. I _____ (try) to learn English for years, but I __ (not succeed) yet.

17. Paul ___ (believe) in God since he was a child.

18. We ____ (not live) in England for two years now.

19. I ____ (read) that novel by Hemingway several times before.

20. How long you _______ (learn) English?

IV. The past perfect or past perfect continuous.

1. He ____ (marry) her two years before we met.

2. James told me you _____ (buy) the old vicarage two years before your son's birth.

3. I wish we ____ (buy) it before.

4. When I arrived at the station the train _____ (leave).

5. He ____ (play) tennis for 4 hours when he broke his leg.

6. The dog came into the house once she ___ (finish) the housework.

7. He ____ (drive) his car for 10 minutes when he realized it had a flat tyre.

8. She ____ (throw) the letter away when she noticed it was not important.

9. He ___ (swim) for 15 minutes when he understood he had lost his swimsuit.

10. It ___ (rain) for one hour when the wind started to blow.