Present Perfect vs Present Perfect Continuous

Answer with the correct form of the verbs.

• Schroeder (play) _______________ the piano for 30 minutes.
• You (eat / not) _________________ up yet.
• Bob (run) _____________ 10 km.
• The children (be) ________________ on holiday for six days.
• He (speak / not) ______________ on the phone for half an hour, just a couple of minutes.
• How many months (take / you) ______________ piano lessons?
• They (work / not) ____________ since 5 o’clock. They just started an hour ago
• The dog (bark) ______________ since midnight.
• We (miss) _____________ the bus twice this week.
• How often (clean / you) ______________ the windows this year
  
  
  
  

Simple Past vs. Past Continuous

Answer with the correct form of the verbs

1.     When I (do) ____________ the washing-up, I (break) ____________ a plate.

2.    While Tom (play) ______________ the piano, his mother (do) ___________ the washing-up.

3.    He (drink) _____________ some juice and then he (eat) ____________ a few chips.

4.    I (have) _____________ dinner when I suddenly (hear) ______________ a loud bang.

5.    When my father (work) _____________ in the garden, an old friend (pass) ____________ by to see him.

6.    She (go) ______________ to school, (take) ___________ out her textbook and (begin) _____________ to learn.

7.    When it (start) ____________ to rain, our dog (want) ____________to come inside.

8.     When Jane (do) ________________ a language course in Ireland, she (visit) ______________ Blarney Castle.

9.     When I (be) ______________ on my way home, I (see) _____________ an accident.

10.Charlie Brown (not / understand) _____________ what Peppermint Patty (talk) _____________ about.

Simple Present vs. Present Continuous

Answer with the correct form of the verbs.

1. Look! They (leave) ____________ the house.
2. Snoopy (read ) _____________ a book now.
3. Brian (cycle / not) ____________ 30 km every day.
4. What ( they / do) ______________ right now.
5. They baby (sleep / not) ______________ at the moment.
6. Samantha (do) ______________ her homework at the moment.
7. (she / visit) ________________ her grandma very often?
8. My parents (shop) ___________ right now.
9. He usually (get up) ______________ early in the morning.

    10.We (go / not) _____________ to school on Sundays.