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1. Put the verbs In brackets in the Present Perfect Simple or the Present. Perfect Continuous Tense.
1. I ______ (drink) more water for three weeks now, and I feel better.
2. He ______ (have) his car since he graduated.
3. I ________ (read) your book. Here it is, thank you.
4. I_______ (clean) all morning — I’m fed up!
5. He ______ (be) married for six years.
6. I _______ (paint) my house all day, but it's not finished yet.
7. I ______ (do) everything I needed to do today!
8. How long _______ (you/work) in the library?
9. What _______ (you/do) since I last saw you?
10. Lucy ______ (run) 2000 metres today.
11. She _______ (study) English since she was at school.
12. How many times _______ (you/go) to Scotland?
13. I ________ (run) about all day, I’m so tired.
14. How long _______ (she/see) her boyfriend?
15. Julia ________ (eat) six bars of chocolate today!
16. We _____ (not/work) today so we're not tired.
17. I _ _______ (not/ finish) the homework yet.
18. I _________ (be) in London for three years.
19. I________ (work) in the garden all day and I need a rest.
20. We _______ (know) John fora very long time.

2. Complete the sentences. Use the Present Simple, the Present Continuous, the Present Perfect Simple, the Present Perfect Continuous or? the Past Simple of the verbs In brackets.
1. I _______ preparing dinner yet so I’d better hurry. (not start)
2. Miranda ______ unemployed for a long time but thankfully, she’s got a job now. (be)
3. I can’t talk now. We ______ a meeting. I’ll ring you later. (have)
4. Paola ______ back from work and she’s exhausted. (just /come)
5. I _Julia for ages. Where is she? (not see)
6. Mike ______ his car. Someone bought it last week. (already/sell)
7. How long _________ that you’re going to have a baby? (you/know)
8. What _______ of her? Will she be easy to work with? (you/think)
9. I _____ to contact them for days but they any of my calls yet. (try, not return)
10. I _______ his latest book but I ______ it yet. (read, not finish)
11. Jerry ______ the kitchen all morning. He must be exhausted! (paint)
12. Martin isn't usually easy to get on with but he _______ very cooperative these days. (be)

3. Circle the correct answer.
The Tower of London (1) survived/has survived centuries of warfare but it could vanish from right in the twenty-first century, experts (2) warned/have warned yesterday. The ancient fortress, which (3) dominates/has dominated the city skyline for almost a thousand years, could be placed on a United Nations list of endangered landmarks because developers (4) put up/are putting up new buildings in the area and a number of high-rise buildings (5) ruin/are ruining views of the famous World Heritage site, according to the UN's cultural body UNESCO.
British officials have until the end of the month to show UNESCO that they can save the Tower. If not, the Tower could be put on UNESCO's World Heritage in Danger list. UNESCO inspectors (6) visited/ have visited London last year after they received a damning report that the City of London (7) doesn't appear/isn't appearing to do enough to protect the setting of some of Britain's important sites. Other buildings under threat (8) include/are including Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament.

4. Complete the article. Use the Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous of the verbs in brackets.
According to research, the demand for alternative medicine (1) ______ (rise) recently and approximately 20 per cent of the UK’s population regularly (2) ______ (turn) to alternative treatments when they (3) ________ (be) ill. Consequently, more and more British doctors (4) ______ (offer) their patients choices of treatment these days and many of them (5) _______ (usually/combine) alternative treatments with conventional medicine. Although alternative medicine (6)________ (become) increasingly popular, doctors (7) ______ (disagree) about whether or not the treatments are effective.