Pres. Perf. Progressive
What (you do)? You're covered in flour.
What have you been doing? You're covered in flour.
Correct the sentence:
I recognised him because I saw him several times before.
I recognised him because I had seen him several times before.
patient
impatient
Correct the sentence:
If it were warm yesterday, we would have go to the beach.
If it had been warm yesterday, we would have gone to the beach.
Correct the sentence:
If I go to Sydney, I would stay for three weeks.
If I went to Sydney, I would stay for three weeks.
Debbie (look) very tired recently. (She work) too hard?
Debbie has been looking very tired recently. Has she been working too hard?
He (already eat) by the time we (arrive).
He had already eaten by the time we arrived.
honest
dishonest
She _________ (pass) the exam if she _________ (study) more.
She would have passed the exam if she had studied more.
I don't have a car. I don't visit you.
If I had a car, I would visit you.
Alex (travel) to ten countries. She (travel) Australia for six months.
Alex has travelled to ten countries. She has been travelling Australia for six months.
I (work) there for six months before anyone (speak) to me.
I had worked there for six months before anyone spoke to me.
rational
irrational
Anne wasn't here. She didn't help us.
If Anne had been here, she would have helped us.
If he ________ (be) younger, he _________(travel) more.
If he were younger, he would travel more.
Do you have a band-aid? I (chop) vegetables for dinner and I (cut) my finger.
Do you have a band-aid? I have been chopping vegetables for dinner and I have cut my finger.
Phil (is not) at the party because he (break) his leg playing football the day before.
Phil was not at the party because he had broken his leg playing football the day before.
flexible
inflexible
I didn't eat breakfast. I was hungry all morning.
If I had eaten breakfast, I wouldn't have been hungry all morning.
She _________ (call) him if she _________ (have) his number.
She would call him if she had his number.
He (not finish) his homework because (watch) television for the last two hours.
He has not finished his homework because he has been watching television for the last two hours.
When we (get) home we (find out) that we (be burgled).
When we got home we found out that we had been burgled.
unreliable
I didn't learn Italian as a child. I took lessons last year.
If I had learnt Italian as a child, I wouldn't have taken lessons last year.
She's not sick. She will go to work.
She wouldn't go to work if she were sick.