Perfect and Perfect Continuous Quiz

I didn’t sit/haven’t sat/haven’t been sitting down quickly enough and now all the seats are taken. Public transport is so overcrowded these days.

• didn’t sit

• haven’t sat

• haven’t been sitting

How often did you go/have you been going/have you gone to Brazil when you were a young man?

• did you go

• have you been going

• have you gone

Todd Portillo wrote/has written/has been writing the third part of his successful historical trilogy. It’s nearly finished.

• wrote

• has written

• has been writing

I haven’t believed/didn’t believe/haven’t been believing anything you’ve said since we started this conversation. Why are you lying to me?

• haven’t believed

• didn’t believe

• haven’t been believing

John has (a)   (break) his leg and won’t be able to play sports again for a long time.

Kevin Dunbar has (a)   (write) another book in his fantasy series.

Make this sentence passive:

The boss has fired Michael.

Answer explanation

Michael has been fired (by the boss)

“I’ve worked for this company for ten years”

Write a question to this answer.

Answer explanation

How long have you worked for this company?

“How long” is a very common question construction for perfect tenses.