Present Perfect vs Past Perfect

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Present Perfect Tense
Past Perfect Tense
All Tenses

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Present Perfect / Perfect Progressive
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Fill in the blanks with Present Perfect or Past Perfect Tenses

1. I never get up from the table before others ---- (finish).

2. It is already 9:30 pm and I ---- (wait) here for over an hour. If John does not get here in the next five minutes, I am going to leave.

3. Did you hear that Ben was fired last month? He ---- (work) for that import company for more than ten years and he ---- (work) in almost every department.

4. I ---- (see) many pictures of the pyramids before I went to Egypt last summer. Pictures of the monuments are very misleading. The pyramids are actually quite small.

5. Sarah ---- (climb) Mount Everest, ---- (sail) around the world, and ---- (go) on safari in Kenya. She is such an adventurous person.

6. Susan ---- (climb) Mount Everest, ---- (sail) around the world, and ---- (go) on safari in Kenya by the time she was twenty-five. She ---- (experience) more by that age than most people do in their entire lives.

7. Before my trip lo Paris two years ago, I ---- (never be) to France.

8. When we finally stopped him, the squirrel ---- (already eat) five cookies.

9. Ben ---- (try) to open his own restaurant for the last few years. He ---- (just finish) the painting, but he ---- (not do) the decorating yet.

10. You look tired. How long ---- (run)?