This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Present > Simple Present Perfect Continuous – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Present Perfect Continuous Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. They ..... that dog for about three months. A) Had. B) Have had. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have had. 2. Please refer to Exercise D on page 35. Match each sentence with one use of the Present Perfect Continuous.We have been recycling for many years. A) For actions that began in the past and are still in progress or have happened repeatedly until now. B) For actions that happened for a period of time and have finished, but that have results that affect the present. C) To emphasize how long actions have been in progress for. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To emphasize how long actions have been in progress for. 3. There is no difference in the meaning between the present perfect simple and present perfect continuous, but the present continuous is more common. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 4. I've known her ..... a long time. A) For. B) Since. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For. 5. Mike and Peter ..... each other since kindergarten. They are best friends and Peter is going to become a godfather of Mike's son. A) Know. B) Have known. C) Have been knowing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have known. 6. Longer permanent situations A) Present perfect simple. B) Present perfect continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present perfect simple. 7. (Subject + has/have + not + past participle) Select the correct answer A) Present Perfect Simple Forms. B) Present Perfect Contiuous Forms. C) Past tense. D) Future Tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present Perfect Simple Forms. 8. A:Where ..... recently?B:To a different city. A) She has been moving. B) She has moved. C) Has she been moving. D) Has she moved. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Has she moved. 9. Please refer to Exercise F on page 35. Choose the correct answer.Animal conservation ..... more important in the last 100 years. A) Became. B) Has become. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has become. 10. Please refer to Exercise E on page 35. Choose the correct answer.Many explorers have ..... to the North Pole. A) Go. B) Been. C) Going. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Been. 11. No, she/he/it haven't. Is this statement true? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 12. I/we/you/they have. Is this statement correct? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. When you spend more money than you have. A) Save up. B) Reward. C) Underspend. D) Overspend. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Overspend. 14. They have been studying the behavior of squirrels in the park. A) Present Perfect Simple Sentences. B) Present Perfect Continuous Sentences. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present Perfect Continuous Sentences. 15. Which sentence is written in Present Perfect? A) I am doing my homework. B) I have done my homework. C) I do my homework. D) I have been doing my homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I have done my homework. 16. Barter is exchanging goods without A) Goods. B) Contact. C) Money. D) Shells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Money. 17. The first ..... were made of gold and silver. A) Coins. B) Cash. C) Notes. D) Cheques. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coins. 18. 7) We ..... (not go) to the beach because it rained heavily that day. A) Haven't been going. B) Haven't gone. C) Didn't go. D) Weren't going. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Didn't go. 19. I didn't see Bom yesterday. In fact I ..... (not/see) him ..... Monday. A) Didn't saw / for. B) Didn't see / for. C) Haven't see / since. D) Haven't seen / since. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Haven't seen / since. 20. I ..... (buy) this house in 1999, so I ..... (live) here for more than 10 years. A) Has bought / lived. B) Bought / has lived. C) Has bought / live. D) Bought / have lived. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bought / have lived. 21. What is affirmative? A) Affirmative sentences simply mean sentences that state something positive and don't use negation words such as "not" or "didn't". B) Affirmative sentences simply mean sentences that state something negative and uses negation words such as like "not" or "didn't". C) Words that can be used for refusals, rejects, describing something isn't true. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Affirmative sentences simply mean sentences that state something positive and don't use negation words such as "not" or "didn't". 22. Please refer to Exercise G on page 35. Choose the correct form of the Present Perfect Simple, the Present Perfect Continuous or the Past Simple of the verb in the bracket.Scientists ..... (notice) the way icebergs fall to pieces when they are in warmer waters. A) Has noticed. B) Noticed. C) Have noticed. D) Has been noticing. E) Have been noticing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have noticed. 23. I haven't seen Nick ..... Monday. A) For. B) Since. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Since. 24. A plan for spending and saving A) Reward. B) A budget. C) Credit card. D) Wages. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A budget. 25. 10) She ..... (practice) the piano every evening this week. A) Practiced. B) Was practicing. C) Has been practicing. D) Practices. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has been practicing. 26. Liz has studied English ..... she was 10. A) For. B) Since. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Since. 27. She ..... her test yesterday. A) Has passed. B) Passed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Passed. 28. To be able to bear the cost of. A) Borrow. B) Lend. C) Afford. D) Budget. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Afford. 29. Please refer to Exercise G on page 35. Choose the correct form of the Present Perfect Simple, the Present Perfect Continuous or the Past Simple of the verb in the bracket.When an iceberg melts, nutrients go into the sea. Recently, scientists ..... (show) that the water near icebergs is full of plankton, fish and other sea life. A) Has shown. B) Has been showing. C) Have been showing. D) Showed. E) Have shown. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Have shown. 30. Coins and ..... are called cash. A) Cheque. B) Note. C) Notes. D) Cheques. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Notes. 31. Please refer to Exercise G on page 35. Choose the correct form of the Present Perfect Simple, the Present Perfect Continuous or the Past Simple of the verb in the bracket.This organisation ..... (give) information to ships about icebergs ever since. A) Gave. B) Has given. C) Has been giving. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has been giving. 32. We ..... photos all day, look at my camera! A) Have taken. B) Have been taking. C) Has been taking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have been taking. 33. 5) He ..... (play) football for two hours and now he's exhausted. A) Was playing. B) Has played. C) Has been playing. D) Played. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has been playing. 34. We can use still ..... not with the ..... when we want to emphasize that a past situation is not finished. A) Present perfect simple. B) Present perfect continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present perfect simple. 35. A card that authorises your spending on credit A) A debit card. B) A birthday card. C) A credit card. D) A member's card. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A credit card. 36. Please refer to Exercise G on page 35. Choose the correct form of the Present Perfect Simple, the Present Perfect Continuous or the Past Simple of the verb in the bracket.Biologists ..... (study) icebergs for a long time to find out how they change sea life. A) Have studied. B) Has been studying. C) Have been studying. D) Studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have been studying. 37. Please refer to Exercise E on page 35. Choose the correct answer.Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay got to the top of Mount Everest ..... A) Since 1953. B) Almost 60 years ago. C) For almost 60 years ago. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Almost 60 years ago. 38. She has been taking computer lessons ..... last year. A) Yet. B) For. C) Since. D) Already. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Since. 39. Give someone something on the understanding that it will be returned. A) Afford. B) Reward. C) Borrow. D) Lend. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lend. 40. Please refer to Exercise G on page 35. Choose the correct form of the Present Perfect Simple, the Present Perfect Continuous or the Past Simple of the verb in the bracket.One of the biggest icebergs ..... (break) off from the Ross Ice Shelf in Antartica in 2000. It was 295 km long and 37 km wide! A) Have been breaking. B) Broke. C) Has been breaking. D) Has broken. E) Have broken. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Broke. 41. To return money that someone has given you as a loan. A) Lend. B) Afford. C) Pay back. D) Pocket money. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pay back. 42. Please refer to Exercise F on page 35. Choose the correct answer.The giant panda ..... an endangered species for years. A) Has been. B) Was. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has been. 43. Talking about how often you have done something (twice, once, three times ..... ) A) Present perfect simple. B) Present perfect continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present perfect simple. 44. Take something that belongs to someone else with the intention of returning it. A) Budget. B) Borrow. C) Return. D) Lend. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Borrow. 45. Please refer to Exercise G on page 35. Choose the correct form of the Present Perfect Simple, the Present Perfect Continuous or the Past Simple of the verb in the bracket.The famous Titanic ..... (sink) when it hit an iceberg in 1912 and many people ..... (die). A) Has sunk; have died. B) Sank; died. C) Has been sinking; have been dying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sank; died. 46. Please refer to Exercise F on page 35. Choose the correct answer.The fisherman ..... 50 kilos of fish since yesterday. A) Has been catching. B) Has caught. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has caught. 47. With adverbs like:yet, just, already, never, ever, for, since we use: A) Present Simple. B) Present Perfect. C) Past Simple. D) Past Simple and Present Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present Perfect. 48. I have been in the office ..... 9 o'clock. A) Since. B) For. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Since. 49. I've known her ..... December. A) For. B) Since. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Since. 50. To spend less money and put some aside. A) Afford. B) Borrow. C) Lend. D) Save. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Save. 51. Please refer to Exercise E on page 35. Choose the correct answer.Kate has been studying endangered species ..... A) For ten years. B) Since ten years. C) Ten years. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For ten years. 52. Please refer to Exercise E on page 35. Choose the correct answer.Nobody is here. They have ..... to find new species in the rainforest. A) Gone. B) Been. C) Going. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gone. 53. 1) I ..... (read) this book all morning, and I still haven't finished it. A) Have been reading. B) Was reading. C) Read. D) Have read. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have been reading. 54. When we want to talk about how long something has been going on A) Present perfect simple. B) Present perfect continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present perfect continuous. 55. Liz has studied English ..... five years. A) For. B) Since. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For. 56. 2) She ..... (not sleep) well last night because of the noise. A) Has not been sleeping. B) Has not slept. C) Did not sleep. D) Was not sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did not sleep. 57. Please refer to Exercise E on page 35. Choose the correct answer.He has been collecting fossils ..... he was a student. A) For. B) Ago. C) Since. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Since. 58. Please refer to Exercise B on page 35. Match each sentence with one use of the Present Perfect Simple.I've lost my map of the rainforest. A) Actions that have just finished. B) Experiences and achievements. C) Actions that happened in the past but have results that affect the present. D) Actions that happened at an indefinite time in the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Actions that happened at an indefinite time in the past. 59. I ..... James and Janice for 3 years. A) Has been knowing. B) Has known. C) Have known. D) Have been knowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have known. 60. He ..... home three weeks ago. A) Went. B) Has gone. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went. 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