Present Perfect vs. Present Perfect Continuous

We use Present Perfect to talk about actions that started in the past and ...

• ... continue up to the present.
• ...finished in the past.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.4.1B

They haven't repaired the stairs ... last summer.

• for
• since

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

I have known my best friend ...... six years.

• for
• since

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.4.1B

Choose the correct option:
It's the first time ... a jeep.

• I drive
• I has driven
• I'm driving
• I've driven

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CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

Choose the correct option:
Bill’s eyes were red. He ... .

• has been crying
• has cried
• cried
• is crying

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.4.1B

Choose the correct option:
It ... all day! Why can’t it stop!

• is raining
• rains
• has been raining
• have been raining

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

Choose the correct option:
1.  Joe ... for a new job all week since Friday.

• has been looking
• is looking
• looks
• has looked

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CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.4.1B

Choose the correct option: 
Paul ... on the phone for half an hour now.

• is talking
• has talked
• has been talking
• talks

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

Have you ever ___________ about the Beatles?

• hear

• heard

• hearing

• heared

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.4.1B

Have you ................. seen a snake?

• ever
• never
• yet
• still

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B