Answer key: Intermediate Exercise

1.      How long have you been learning English ?

2.      How many cigarettes have you smoked this afternoon ?

3.      I have been working here since 1995.

4.      I’ve had my watch for a long time.

5.      How many years have you been living in London ?

6.      Mark is exhausted.  He has been playing tennis for two hours.

7.      Sophie has been doing very well at school since the beginning of the year.

8.      I have been wearing this sweater since 9 o’clock this morning.

9.      I have known Laura for many years.

10.     Peter has been attending English classes for two years.

11.     My best friend has always hated fish.

12.     How many chapters of the book have you read so far ?

13.     I have been waiting for the bus for a long time.

14.     I have been listening carefully to the teacher since the beginning of the lesson.

15.     How long have you been a member of the tennis club ?

Exercise for Intermediate Students:

Present Perfect Simple or Continuous?  Find the mistake

Each of the sentences below has one or two mistakes.  Find them and correct them. (Example :    I am watching television since I came home from school. → I have been watching television since I came home.)

1.      How long are you learning English ?                                   2.      How many cigarettes have you been smoking this afternoon ?          3.      I am working here since 1995.        4.      I’ve had my watch since a long time.          5.      How many years are you living in London?        6.      Mark is exhausted.  He is playing tennis since two hours.        7.      Sophie is doing very well at school since the beginning of the year.        8.      I have worn this sweater since 9 o’clock this morning.        9.      I know Laura for many years.       10.      Peter is attending English classes since two years.       11.     My best friend has always been hating fish.       12.     How many chapters of the book did you read so far ?       13.     I am waiting for the bus since a long time.       14.     I have listened carefully to the teacher since the beginning of the lesson.       15.     How long are you a member of the tennis club? Available on: http://www.learn-english-today.com/lessons/lesson_contents/exercises/present-perf_simple-cont-mistake-pr-ex3-correction.html

Answer Key: Beginners exercise

Answers :

1- starts

2- drink

3-sleep

4- writes

5- live

 6-go

7- takes

8- like

9-thinks

10-eat

Exercise for Beginners:

1) Complete each of the sentences below with a verb from the box.

start ⁄ take ⁄ eat ⁄ think ⁄ sleep ⁄ go ⁄ like ⁄ drink ⁄ write ⁄ lives     

1. The film ________________ every day at 8 p.m.
2. Many children _________________ milk with their meals.
3. Cats generally _______________ a lot.
4. Julie _______________ a letter to her mother once a week.
5. Tom and Julie _______________ in a big city in the centre of the country.
6. Tourists _______________ to Egypt to see the pyramids.
7. Jimmy always _______________ the bus to go to school.
8. We all know that children _______________ sweets.
9. Anne _______________ it's a good idea to do English exercises.
10. If you want to be healthy, you must _______________ good food.

 Available on: http://www.learn-english-today.com/lessons/lesson_contents/exercises/present-simple-print-ex.html