Present perfect simple and continuous

True or False

100

Use the present perfect continuous when an action is shorter and completed before now. It has present relevance or a present effect

False

200

Use the present perfect continuous when we want to emphasise that an action is repeated or has lasted for a long time and continues up to now

True

300

Use the present perfect simple when we say how many times someone did something or say how much they did 

True

400

Use the present perfect continuous only with verbs such as work, live, wait, study, do 

False

Use both!

500

Use the present perfect continuous with state verbs such as know, have, be, love

False

Correct or incorrect

100

I've never been going to the USA

Incorrect

I've never been to the USA

200

Have you been doing your homework recently?

Correct

300

They haven't been taking the situation seriously

Correct

400

Since we began, we've been organising 10 events. They were all great successes!

Incorrect

Since we began, we've organised 10 events. They were all great successes!

500

Have they been changing their minds about the business proposal?

Incorrect

Have they changed their minds about the business proposal?

Fill in the gap

100

I _______________ a five mile run, I feel fantastic! (finish)

I've just finished a five mile run

200

How long __________________ at this company? (work)

How long have you worked at this company?

OR

How long have you been working at this company?

300

____________________ where you want to go on holiday this summer yet? (you / decide)

Have you decided where you want to go on holiday this summer yet?

400

__________________ 50 t-shirts so far (sell)

We have sold 50 t-shirts so far

500

Can you hurry up? We _____________ for ages!!

Can you hurry up? We've been waiting for ages!!

Put in the correct order

100

never / a / met / I / celebrity / have

I've never met a celebrity

200

already / done / I / shopping / have / the 

I've already done the shopping

300

on / you / have / ? / been / safari / before

Have you been on safari before?

400

building / garden / I / been / in / have / my / wall / a

I have been building a wall in my garden

500

working / we / hard / not / this / have / enough / afternoon / been

We haven't been working hard enough this afternoon

PPS, PPC or BOTH

100

times

Present perfect simple

I've seen that movie five times

200

so far

Present perfect simple

What have you learnt so far this year?

300

recently

Present perfect continuous

They've been learning to cook recently

400

since

BOTH

500

for

BOTH