Standard - Grammar - U1.3 - Present Perfect - Present Perfect Continuous
Standard - Grammar - U1.3 - Present Perfect - Present Perfect Continuous
1. Complete the following text using the present perfect or the present continuous of
the verbs in bracjets.
Catherine a. (volunteer) at a local
organisation since she was fifteen. She b. (love) helping
others for as long as she can remember.
Lately, she c. (notice) that more and more
refugees are arriving in the country. Seeing all those people that left everything
behind, with no job and striving to get a new life d.
(not make) her happy. It’s
hard thinking that there are people who need to flee from home due to wars
and religious persecutions and climate change.
She e. (think) about them and she
f. (decide) to raise funds to help refugees.
Therefore, she g. (already / create) leaflets
and written emails to some companies asking for donations. With the help of
her friends and family she h. (collect) some
money and she i. (hope) that she can raise
enough money to help give some refugees the opportunity to learn the
language, find a job and a home, and be part of a fair society.
2. Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first, using the word
in brackets. Use between two and five words.
a. This is the most complicated migrant crisis Europe has ever experienced. (never)
Europe such a serious migrant crisis.
b. I started working on this project an hour ago. (been)
I this project for an hour.
c. He returned the coat I lent him very quickly. (already)
He the coat I lent him.
d. They still remember the times they spent together. (forgotten)
They the times they spent together.
e. You have never written a letter before, have you? (ever)
Is this the first time a letter?
f. She met him when he was a little boy. (known)
She he was a little boy.
g. Anya is starving because the last time she ate was two days ago. (for)
Anya is starving because two days.