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Exercise 1 - Present Perfect
Choose the correct
present perfect
form or
adverb (phrase)
.
1. Akira has been a carpenter for
-CHOOSE-
A) 1998.
B) he finished school.
C) many years.
D) he was twenty-one years old.
2. I've been a reference librarian since
-CHOOSE-
A) three years.
B) 1990.
C) a long time.
D) I've graduated from library school.
3. Suzanne and I have been best friends since
-CHOOSE-
A) two months.
B) we were in college.
C) almost twenty years.
D) always.
4. Have you been interested in game shows since you
-CHOOSE-
A) have become
B) became
C) have been becoming
D) become
a librarian?
5. I've been exercising for
-CHOOSE-
A) all morning
B) an hour
C) I got home from work
D) noon
, and I'm exhausted.
6. My family loves this house. We
-CHOOSE-
A) live
B) lived
C) were living
D) have lived
here since I was born.
7. Mrs. Reynolds has been our teacher since
-CHOOSE-
A) a few weeks.
B) January.
C) always.
D) two months.
8. Have you been studying the rules for the show
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A) as soon as
B) when
C) for
D) since
we called?
9. Laura's flight hasn't gotten in
-CHOOSE-
A) already.
B) yet.
It's late because of the bad weather.
10. Look! The flowers have bloomed
-CHOOSE-
A) already,
B) yet,
and spring hasn't even arrived.
11. I haven't done the laundry
-CHOOSE-
A) already.
B) yet.
I'm going to try to do it tonight.
12. Mario has been on a diet for two weeks, and he's
-CHOOSE-
A) yet
B) already
lost ten pounds.
SCORE
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