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Vera Date:______

Present Perfect Progressive (1)

A.  Fill in with the correct form of the present perfect progressive

1.  She ______(lie) in bed all day.

2.  Ruth ______(try) to call you since four o'clock.

3.  I ______(study) for the test since yesterday.

4.  Dan ______(work) in this factory since the summer.

5.  Sandra ______(play) the drums all afternoon.

6.  Benson ______(feel) bad lately.

7.  Her sister ______(spend) the summer holiday in Italy.

8.  Nick and Terry ______(fight) during the whole session.

9.  They ______(film) this scene all afternoon.

B.  Put in the correct form of the present perfect progressive

1.  Here are the keys. ______(you/look) for them?

2.  Yoni, pay attention! You ______(not listen) at all.

3.  Why ______(you/paint) only some rooms of your house?

4.  What a mess in the kitchen! ______(the children / make) biscuits?

5.  Your face is all red! ______(you/sit) in the sun all day long?

6.  They must be very hungry. They ______(not eat) anything since lunch.

C.Put in the correct form of the present perfect simple or progressive

1.  Leah ______(sit) here for an hour, but she ______(not yet finish) the book.

2.  I ______(wait) for his phone call for twenty minutes but he ______(not yet phone).

3.  The actors ______(rehearse) since this morning but they ______(not learn) their text yet.

4.  Dina ______(take) medicine for her cold since yesterday, but she ______(not yet see) any improvement .

5.  We ______(listen) to the radio for ten minutes but we ______(not hear) the news yet.

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(9th Gr) Vera Date:______

Present Perfect Progressive (2)

A.  Fill in with the present perfect progressive_or past simple

1.  I ______(receive) you letter last week and I ______(think) about your problem ever since.

2.  He ______(start) a new job a month ago and he ______(work) hard the whole month.

3.  I ______(not do) anything very interesting lately but I ______(go) to a movie last night.

4.  Last summer Tomer ______(ride) his bicycle to the beach every day but this summer he ______(walk).

5.  Shelley ______(post) the letter a month ago and she ______(wait) for a reply since then.

6.  We ______(speak) to him very seriously last week but things ______(improve).

7.  I ______(come) to this city five years ago and I ______(live) here ever since.

B. Combine the two sentences by using the present perfect progressive and a suitable time expression

example: She is talking on the phone. She started to talk on the phone an hour ago. - She has been talking on the phone for an hour.

1.  Tom is swimming. He started swimming an hour ago.

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2.  Yarden is sleeping. She fell asleep several hours ago.

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3.  The children are watching TV. They began watching TV at 5 o'clock.

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4.  Arik is practising the piano. He started practising five minutes ago.

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5.  Alon and Eitan are studying. They began studying an hour ago.

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C.  Fill in with the correct form of the verb

Nineteen-year-old Susan was reading the newspaper when she 1)______(see) an advertisement for a music and archery course in Tokyo. It 2)______(explain) that archers and violinists 3)______(use) the same sets of muscles and 4)______(need) the same

hand-eye coordination. Susan, who 5)______(be) from London, 6)______(play) the violin for 13 years. She 7)______(love) music and archery so she 8)______(decide) to attend a similar course in the future. She 9)______(hope) that such a course 10)______(give) in London as well.

(9th-Gr) Vera Date:______

A Work page - Present Perfect Simple/Progressive (3)

A.  Fill in with the correct form of the verb

January Cold

“Good morning, listeners. 1)______(you look) out of your windows yet? 2)______(you see) the snow? It 3)______(start / snow) at about four o’clock yesterday afternoon and it 4)______(snow) ever since! The snow 5)______(cover) everything around – cars, trees and roofs of houses. So far, at least 40 centimeters of snow 6)______(fall) in Jerusalem and in Safed.”

“I 7)______(know) you 8)______(have) many questions and I 9)______(hope / answer) them now. First of all, the Ministry of Education 10)______(announce) that the schools in Jerusalem and some settlements11)______(close) until Sunday. The exact list of settlements 12)______(publish) later this morning. Secondly, special tractors 13)______(try) to clear the main roads, but many streets and roads 14)______(still cover) with snow. Buses 15)______(not run) in Jerusalem, the Golan Heights and Safed. You may have difficulty 16)______(drive) therefore people 17)______(advise) to stay home until the roads 18)______(be) clear. 19)______(remember), snow 20)______(be) fun, but it 21)______(can / be) dangerous, so please take care. If you 22)______(have) any questions, please call your local information. I 23)______(come) back with an updated report about the traffic conditions at 7:00 a.m. Goodbye for now.”

B.  Rewrite the following sentences

1. They started working here ages ago. (for)

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2. I haven’t seen snow since 1992. (last time)

______.

3. Last time the Golan Heights were covered with snow was in January. (not/since) ______.

4. They started to play in the snow an hour ago and they are still playing. (for)

______.

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