CEA LIMONARES

FINAL ENGLISH TEST

C-2 IIA

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I)

Present perfect SIMPLE: Transform the verbs into present perfect simple (have/has+
participle verb).

1.- They _________ (write) their exams yesterday.

2.- They _________ (start) building their new house for hours
3.- I ________ (meet) the company manager since the morning
4.- I ________ (breath) all my life.
5.- That was the best concert I _____ ever _______ (see).
6.- I __________ (not eat) anything since breakfast
7.- I _________ (study) English for 10 years.
8.- You ___________ (change) your address recently.
9.- I _________ (go) to Dublin several times.
10.- My students _________ (raise) a lot of money for
charity.
II)

Present perfect CONTINUOS: Transform the verbs into present perfect continuous
(Have/ Has + verb +ING).
1) I .(make) cakes. That is why my hands are all covered with flour.
2) Her phone (ring) for ten minutes. I wonder why she doesn't answer
it.
3) He .. (overwork). That is why he looks so tired.
4) A: There is sawdust in your hair. B: I'm not surprised. I (cut) down a
tree.
5) Have you seen my bag anywhere? I (look) for it for ages.
6) A: What .you (do)? B: I (work) in the
laboratory.
7) He .(study) Russian for two years and doesn't even know the
alphabet yet.
8) A: How long you (wait) for me? B: I (wait) about half
an hour.
9) It (rain) for two days now. There'll be a flood soon.
10) We (argue) about this for two hours now. Perhaps we should stop.
III)

Put the words below in the correct order to make grammatically correct sentences. (Each
sentence is in the present perfect progressive tense.)
Ex. has that he been for company working years for ten
He has been working for that company for ten years
1. piano lessons has she since taking a been was child she
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2. fishing since they the came have sun been up
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3. has an father he his been for with arguing hour

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4. have neighborhood we same in been since the living were we children
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5. Alex since he been came from business sleeping his has home trip
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6. been the since students doing they to came class have exercise this
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7. Peter hockey has the since television been game watching began
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IV) Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the verb, present perfect simple or present
perfect progressive.
Ex. John finished his business degree. Then he started to work for a large international
company.
John has been working for a large international company ever since he finished his business degree.
1. I ______________________(write) e-mails since 10:00 this morning. So far, I _______________________
(finish) about 20.
2. I love that restaurant. I ________________(eat) there many times.
3. Go and wake up your father. He __________________ (sleep) all afternoon.
4. Laura is at the mall. She _____________ (shop) all morning. She ____________ already ____________
(buy) three new pairs of shoes, two dresses, and a coat.
5. They ________________ (build) that office tower for almost two years. So far, it ______________ (cost)
over $200 million dollars.
6. The boys _______________ (fish) all afternoon. So far, they _____________ (catch) ten fish.
7. Lets sit down. Im tired. We ________________(dance) for hours.
8. Kelly is standing on the corner. She ________________(wait) for her boyfriend for the past twenty
minutes.

IV)
Create 10 sentences using present perfect continuous and present perfect simple.
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