Present Perfect or Simple Past
I lived in New York in 2002.
or
I've lived in New York in 2002.
I lived in New York in 2002
a: How long ____________ you ___________ a doctor? (be)
b: A long time. More than 10 years.
How long have you been a doctor?
Complete in Present Perfect:
How many times ____________ I __________ (tell) you?
How many times have I told you?
Bob: Did you know Gary plans to change jobs?
Mary: He _______________ that for the past two years, but he never does anything about it.
a. has said
b. has been saying
b. has been saying
I have did a good job.
I have done a good job.
He called three times today.
or
He's called three times today.
He's called three times today.
I ___________ never _______ to Paris, but I'd like to go. (go)
I have never gone to Paris.
Complete in Present Perfect:
_______ she ________(hang) up all the pictures yet?
Has she hung up all the pictures yet?
I ____________ this book for hours. My eyes are starting to get tired.
a. have read
b. have been reading
b. have been reading
I have already show my accounting skills.
I have already shown my accounting skills.
In 1997 he started his company.
or
In 1997 he's started his own company.
In 1997 he started his own company.
He ______________ (speak/ not) on the phone for half an hour, just a couple of minutes.
He hasn't been speaking on the phone for half an hour.
Organize the following Negative question:
to be/ careful/ told you/ with the knife/ not /have /I/
Haven't I told you to be careful with the knife?
Have I not told you to be careful with the knife?
What have you _________________ (do) on weekends recently?
a. done
b. been doing
b. been doing
I have took several math classes so far.
I have taken several math classes so far.
Daniele won his first medal in 1992.
or
Daniele has won his first medal in 1992.
Daniele won his first medal in 1992
Complete in Present perfect.
He ___________ several swimming competitions. (win)
He has won several swimming competitions.
Complete in the Present Perfect Continuous:
_________ you ______ _______ (eat) well lately?
Have you been eating well lately?
Now that we ______________ for a year, I think that we should get married.
a. have been dating
b. have dated
a. have been dating
I have been working as a engineer in this company since years.
I have worked as an engineer in this company for years.
Which tense do we use to talk about an action which happened at an unstated time in the past.
Present Perfect Simple
Past Simple
Past Simple
To put an emphasis on the number of times we do an action we use the ________________ tense.
Present Perfect
Complete the sentence:
You have bought Frank's present, _____ ___?
You have bought Frank's present, haven't you?
You look tired. Have you __________________ hard?
a. been working
b. worked
a. been working
I'm watching television for the last three hours and now I feel worried about that test tomorrow.
I've been watching television for the last three hours and now I feel worried about that test tomorrow.