VI. Complete the sentences by using the PRESENT PERFECT or PRESENT PERFECT
CONTINUOUS of the words in the list. Include any words in brackets.
cook / dig / grow / hear / meet / paint / spend / stand / travel / understand / wait / want
1. They have never got along with each other. I (never) ...
why they
agreed to be roommates in the place.
2. Al just introduced me to his sister. Now I
everyone in his
family.
3. Ms.Erickson is a sales clerk in a large department store. It's almost closing time. Her feet hurt, as
they do every day, because she
at the sales counter since eight
o'clock this morning.
4. A: I am so happy! I finally got the one thing I (always)
B: What's that?
5. My uncle
the outside of his house for three weeks and he's still
not finished. He's being very careful. He wants his house to look just right.
6. The Smiths are presently in Tunisia. They
throughout North
Africa since the middle of May. They'll return home in another month.
7. My brother's daughter
nearly 15 cm since I last saw her two
years ago.
8. A: How much money do you have to buy clothes with?
B: Sixty dollars.
A: I thought you had a hundred dollars.
B: I did. But I already).
forty.
9. A: Isn't the rice ready to eat yet? It
. for over an hour, hasn't it?
Are you sure you know how to cook rice?
B: Of cause I do! I've watched my mother make rice for years.
10. I'm surprised that George apologized for what he said. As far as I can remember, I (never)
him say "I'm sorry" before.
11. A: We
to hear about the new baby since 5 A.M. Isn't there
any word yet?
B: Not yet.
12. A: I've been watching Mr. Tuttle in his front yard across the street. He
... a long trench across the middle of his yard for the last two
hours. I wondered why.