EXERCISE 25. Present perfect vs. the present perfect progressive. (Chart 4-7) Directions: Complete the sentences. Use the present perfect or the present perfect progressive. In some sentences, either form is possible, 1. A: I'm tired. We walk) have been walking for more than an hour. Let's stop and rest for a while. B: Okay. 2. A: Is the post office far from here? B: Not at all. I (talk) have walked there many times CHAPTER 4 3. A: Do you like it here? B: 1 (live) have been living have lived here for only a short while. I don't know yet. this chapter in my chemistry text three times, 4. A: I (read) and I still don't understand it! B: Maybe I can help. for two hours. 1 5. A: My eyes are getting tired. I (read) think I'll take a break. B: Why don't we go for a walk? 6. A: Do you like the Edgewater Inn? B: Very much. I (stay) times. It's my favorite hotel. there at least a dozen 7. A: The baby's crying. Shouldn't we do something? B: He's all right. A: Are you sure? He (cry) for almost ten minutes. B: Okay, I'll go into his room and see if anything's wrong 8. A: Who's your daughter's new teacher? B: Mrs. Jackson A: She's one of the best teachers at the elementary school. She (teach) kindergarten for twenty years. tennis for ten years, but he 9. A: Ed (play) still doesn't have a good backhand. B: Neither do I, and I (play) twenty years. tennis for 10. A: Where does Mr. Alvarez work? B: At the power company. He (work) there for fifteen years. He likes his job. A: What about his neighbor, Mr. Perez? B: He's currently unemployed, but he'll find a new job soon. A: What kind of job experience does he have? B: He (tor) for a small manufacturing firm, for the telephone company, and at two of the world's leading software companies. With all that work experience, he won't have any trouble finding another job