Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous

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• Leerjaar 3

Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous

Contents

• Quiz present perfect vs. present perfect continuous
• Short explanation / overview difference between tenses (tijden)
• Extra practice

My parents _____ the walls of my bedroom blue.

1. have been painting
2. have painted

I______ the house this summer.

1. have been decorating
2. have decorated

I _____ that book you lent me. I finished it yesterday.

1. am reading
2. has read
3. have read
4. will read

I _____ that book you lent me. I have still got another 50 pages to read.

1. read
2. have read
3. have been reading
4. have reading

She ______ on her drawing for 3 hours now.

1. worked
2. have worked
3. has worked
4. has been working

I usually work in London but I_____ in Birmingham for the last 3 weeks.

1. have worked
2. have been working

I _____ here before. I temporarily switched jobs ten years ago, but now I am back.

1. have been working
2. have worked

He ______ soccer in the courtyard all afternoon.

1. has played
2. has been playing

He _____tennis since he was a little boy.

1. has played
2. has been playing

The weather forecasts had predicted otherwise, but it ______ for the past two hours.

1. has rained
2. has been raining

Daniel... _______? You look exhausted!

1. have you run
2. have you been running

How does it work?

Now it's time to practise!

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