1 Fill the gaps with Present Perfect and Simple Past


1 The company ________________________ (not upgrade) the computers since 2008.

2 The company _________________(relocate) last year but no one likes the new office.

3 There ________________________(be) a boom in office rents in the last six months.

4 The government _______________________(deregulate) the

insurance industry in the middle of last year and your company is the only one which

_____________ (not reform) its business because of that yet.

5 The company _______________________ (downsize) the workforce six months ago and now there aren’t
enough staff to do all the work.

6 The company updated its software on Monday, but it ____________ (crash) several times since then.

7 The sales staff __________ (retrain) in November. Since then half of the staff
___________________ (leave) to get better jobs with other companies.

8 A product ______________ (re-launch) at the beginning of this month but its sales
____________(be) even worse since then.

9 The market share of one of your competitors ___________ (expand) by more than 300% in the last
twelve months.

10 I have changed companies since I __________ (see) you last.


2 Choose either present perfect or present perfect continuous. Decide where you can use both.


1 I had no idea that you and Gregory were friends. How long ___________ (know, you) him?

2 Mr Collins _____________have/has + been + ing form
Use 'has' for he, she, it and for a singular person or noun. (wait)  in the entrance hall for 20
minutes already.

3 Our company _____________have/has + been + ing form
Use 'has' for he, she, it and for a singular person or noun. (supply) pumps for almost 20 years.

4 I need a break - I ________________have/has + been + ing form
final 'e' is dropped when adding 'ing'
Use 'have' for I, we, you, they and for plural nouns. (reply) to my emails for three hours now.

5 These customers _______________have/has + been + ing form
final 'e' is dropped when adding 'ing'
Use 'have' for I, we, you, they and for plural nouns. (purchase) our machines for over a decade.

6 For the last 30 minutes, I _______________ (try)have/has + been + ing form
Use 'have' for I, we, you, they and for plural nouns.  to get through to Mrs Hanks.

7 Could you check this client's phone number for me? I _____________ (call) her all day but there's
no answer.

8 I _____________ (try) to change the toner cartridge – now my fingers are dirty.

9 I´m going home now. I _____________ (finish) all the assignments today.

10 We ____________ (sell) over 80,000 copies of our new computer game this month.