This document contains example sentences using the present perfect and present perfect progressive tenses. [1] It provides 10 sample sentences with blanks to be filled in with the appropriate form of "to be" or other verbs in the present perfect or present perfect progressive. [2] The sentences cover a range of scenarios involving completed actions, ongoing actions, experiences, and states that began in the past and continue in the present. [3] The examples illustrate the proper uses of these tenses to describe past events or actions that have present relevance or consequences.

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Use Present
the Perfect the Present
or Perfect
Progressiue.
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an hour and nobody{take}our orderyet.
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{walk}by us at leasttirventy
thinkswe already}.
{order,
Rcbin:Lookat that cdupleover tüete, they {be, only} here for ffve or ten minutes and they already
havetheirfood.
must realizewe
Michele:'Fle {order,not} yet! W€ {sit} herefo¡ over
halfan hourstaring him.
at
REbin:I dont knovyif he {noüce,even} us. He {run} from table b
table taking ordersand servingfood.
Mictrele:That'strue, ?nd he {look,not} in Eur diractisn o¡ce.
1. The post office isn't far fram here. I (a¡¿Já)
there many times.
2. l'm tired.IFe (üelkt for qore
than an hour. Lef's stop and rest for a while.
3. Mr. Alvarea@ork) at the powpr
company fifteenyears. likeshis job.
for He
4. I Oead) this chapterin my chemisTytexr
three tig¡e$,and I still don't understandit!
getting tired. I (reú) -
5. My eye¡a¡.e
for tn¡ohours.I think I'll take a break.
ó. Mrs.Jactssn
@wA1 kioderganen
for twe4t3rlrearÉ.Sbe'¡ are of tbe besr nrcbers a¡ ¡be ehsqatery school
7. Debbie ís writing a letrer to her boyfriead. Sk {rorite}
it since she gor bome from class. ft's going
to be a long letter!
8. f Qnia) my folla at least a dozen letters
sinbe I left home and came here.
f-i-tüiheré.'hay€-yuu been?Hgve-yeu-b.eenpnyng (you./_play)rennrsr
2. LookfSomebodv (break)chas window.
3. You look ¡ired.
4 .s - {you / ever / work} in a factoryi' "}.1o, never.'ii
5. My brother is an actor. He .---.--, (appear) in several movies.,
6. 'Sorry ['m lace.? oThat's righr. I
all -*-**- {nor / rvait) lonpo
7. *[s ir srill raining?ooNo, ir -**_.*_-
8. I *-*-. - (lose) address
my bobk. --*
(you / iee) ic anyrvherel ! 'r'
g .i .- "..*,'..'':_=-l*(iead)thebo o k y o u le n rme , b u t I -*
(not / finish| ir yer. ' ' '
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''ou