Exercise 3. Put the verbs in bracket in the correct form, either present perfect simple or present perfect continuous.
1. I ………………………………(look) through my Primary School photo album. It's full of photographs of people whose names I completely …………………………..(forget). I wonder what ……………………………(happen) to them all.
2. Since he became the Company Director, my brother estimates that he ……………………….(eat) 50 official lunches and another 50 official dinners, and he …………………………..(lose) count of the number of receptions and parties that he………………… (attend). Besides he (put on ) a lot of weight.
3. Secretary: Customers …………………..(ring) up all morning complaining about getting incorrect bills.
Manager: I know. Something……………….. (go) wrong with our computer. The mechanic…………………… (work) on it, I hope he …………………..(find) out what's wrong soon.
4. It is the first time you ………………………..(be) late with the rent in 25 years. How come your landlord hasn´t said anything? He probably thinks that you………………………. (pay) and he………………………. (lose) the cheque. He´s so absent-minded!
5. Someone ………………..(use) my new umbrella! It's all wet! And it was wet yesterday and the day before!
Well, it wasn't me. I ……………………..(not be) out of the house for nearly a week!
6. I …………………………..(stand) in this queue for over half an hour. It……………………….. (not move) at all in the last ten minutes. I think the girl in the ticket office just…………………..(shut) her window and………………….. (go) off for a coffee break.
7. The Town Council …………………………….(consider) my application for permission to build a garage for two months. They just ………………………..(give) my next door neighbour permission to build his, so I hope they will decide to let me have one too.
8. I just ………………………………..(remember) that I……………………………… (not pay) the electricity bill yet. I am surprised that the company ……………………………(not ring) me up to remind me.
9. -You look exhausted! Have you been exercising?
-Yes, I ………………(play) football and I…………………… (not play) for years, so I'm not used to it.
10. They began widening this road a month ago; but the workmen………………………… (be) on strike for the last ten days so they………………………… (not get) very far with it.
11. That man………………………………… (stand) at the bus stop for the last half hour. Do you think I should tell him that the last bus already………………………. (go)?
12. I wonder if anything …………………………..(happen) to Penny. I ………………………(wait) an hour now. She often ……………………..(keep) me waiting but she never …………………………..(be) so late as today.
13. Mr O’Hara ……………………………….(live) next door for quite a long time now but he never …………………………(say) more than 'Good morning' to me. He looks rather unfriendly.
14. It was sunny at nine o'clock, but since then the sky ……………………….(get) darker and the wind ………………………(rise). I'm afraid the fine spell………………… (come) to an end. Most probably we won´t be able to sunbathe today.
15. Shop assistant: Could I have your identity card, madam?
Customer: But I ……………………..(shop) here for ten years!
Shop assistant: I know, madam, but apparently the company ………………………..(lose) a lot of money lately through fake cheques and they…………………… (make) new regulations which we ……………………..(be told) to apply to all customers no matter how long we ………………………….(know) them. I´m so sorry for the inconvenience.
16. What you……………………….. (do)? I……………………… (look) for you for ages.
I …………………………..(build) a shed for my tools in the garden.
17. Paul …………………………. (collect) owls ever since he left school. Now he ………………………………(collect) so many that he doesn't know where to keep them.
