Level: upper-intermediate
Category: grammar
Topic: perfect tenses

Present Perfect - Simple or Progressive?

Choose the correct form of the present perfect - simple or progressive.

1. Julie, do you know if that client __________ very long?
   • has waited
   • has been waiting
2. I __________ that Sarah is leaving the company for a week now.
   • have known
   • have been knowing
3. What __________ with my jacket? I can't find it anywhere.
   • have you been doing
   • have you done
4. I saw you in restaurant with Sally. __________ out with her for very long?
   • Have you been going
   • Have you gone
5. __________ at the Ritz since I came to the city.
   • I've been staying
   • I've stayed
6. My wife is visiting her sister in Wisconsin, so I __________ a good meal in a week.
   • haven't eaten
   • haven't been eating
7. Thank God you're here. __________ to this idiot for an hour and I need an excuse to hang up.
   • I've been listening
   • I've listened
8. I __________ to do my tax declaration for most of the afternoon, but it's just too complicated.
   • have been trying
   • have tried
9. Let's go to the cinema. I __________ a good film in ages.
   • haven't been seeing
   • haven't seen
10. Charles _________ for the same company for 30 years.
    • has been working
    • has worked

Created:  2007-05-02
Updated:  2007-05-02

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