EXERCISE 11. Present perfect vs. present perfect progressive. (Charts 3-1 and 3-2) Directions: Use the present perfect or the present perfect progressive. In some sentences, either tense may be used with little or no change in meaning. 1. It (snow) all day. I wonder when it will stop. 2. We (have) three major snowstorms so far this winter. I wonder how many more we will have. 3. It's ten P.M. I (study) for two hours and probably won't finish until midnight. 4. I (write) them three times, but I still haven't received a reply. 5. The telephone (ring) four times in the last hour, and each time it has been for my office mate. 6. The telephone (ring) for almost a minute. Why doesn't someone answer it? 7. A: (you, be) B: Not yet. I (try) all I get is a busy signal. able to reach Bob on the phone yet? for the last twenty minutes, but 8. A: Hi, Jenny. I (see, not) you for weeks. What (you, do) lately? B: Studying Perfect and Perfect Progressive Tenses 43 9. A: What are you going to order for dinner? B: Well, I (have, never) order that. vegetarian pizza, so I think I'll 10. A: What's the matter? Your eyes are red and puffy. (you, cry) ? at B: No. I just finished peeling some onions. 11. A: Dr. Jones is a good teacher. How long (he, be) the university? B: He (teach) here for twenty-five years. 12. The little girl is dirty from head to foot because she (play) in the mud. 1000 4 231