Present perfect and Present perfect Continuous

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Exercise 3

Present perfect and Present perfect Continuous

Underline the correct form of the verb.

1. I’ve stayed/been staying in a hotel for the last ten days, but I hope to find an apartment of my own soon.

2. I wonder how Jim is getting on. I haven’t heard/been hearing from him for nearly a week.

3. Graham is a natural salesman. He has sold/been selling eight cars since the beginning of the week.

4. I didn’t realize that you and David were friends. How long have you known/been knowing him?

5. This report is a nightmare. I have written/been writing it for two weeks, and it is still not finished.

Exercise 4

Review

Read the following letter. Put the verbs in brackets into the simple past, present perfect, or present continuous.

Darwin, 24 October

Dear Ken,

I am writing to let you know how I am getting on with the marketing trip here. I am sorry I ⁽¹⁾ have not been (not/be) in touch for so long, but I ⁽²⁾ ______ (be) very busy since I ⁽³⁾ _______ (arrive) here on the 18th.

There is a great deal of interest in the new fertilizer. Last week I ⁽⁴⁾ _____ (be) in Sydney, Where I ⁽⁵⁾ ________ (visit) a number of farmers and ⁽⁶⁾ _______ (see) a couple of potential agents. The feedback at all of those meetings ⁽⁷⁾ _______ (be) very positive, and I ⁽⁸⁾ _______ (already/receive) a number of orders. I ⁽⁹⁾ _________ (never/have) such an enthusiastic response about a new product, so I am confident it will be a great success. I ⁽¹⁰⁾ _______ (come) up to Darwin on Tuesday, and since then I ⁽¹¹⁾ _________ (be) to some more farms and I ⁽¹²⁾ _____ (make) two or three useful contacts. Yesterday I ⁽¹³⁾ ________ (have) a meeting with Barry Thomas, who you may remember. He ⁽¹⁴⁾ ______ (work) with Agrichem in London for a couple of years in the early 90s, then ⁽¹⁵⁾ ____ (set) up his own business over here, and he ⁽¹⁶⁾ ________ (act) as a distributor of some of our agricultural machinery for the last year or so. Towards the end of our meeting he ⁽¹⁷⁾ _______ (ask) about becoming the sole distributor for the fertilizer. The question is an interesting one, but I feel that we ⁽¹⁸⁾ ______ (not think) enough yet about the precise sales and distribution network that we will need. We must talk about this when I get back.

Anyway, I must fax this off to you now. I ⁽¹⁹⁾ ________ (just/have) another phone call from someone who wants to hear about the fertilizer, so I’ll do that now. I’ll be in touch again soon, and in the meantime send my congratulations to everyone in R&D.

Jim

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