Present Perfect or Present Perfect Progressive

Hello everyone,
would you please correct the following exercise? I have to use Present Perfect and Present Perfect Progressive.

Thanks a lot ;-)



Choose the right tense and make sentences with for and since.
1.) Megan - write - in diary - _______ half an hour.
Megan has been writing in her diary for half an hour.

2.) She - like - Hannah - ______________ she first met her.
She has liked Hanna since she first met her.

3.) Lucy - play - tennis - _________ two hours.
Lucy has been playing tennis for two hours.

4.) Alison - talk - to boyfriend - _______ over an hour.
Alison has been talking to her boyfriend for over an hour.

5.) Oliver - look for - his felt pens - ________ the second period.
Oliver has looked for his felt pens since the second period.

6.) sun - shine - ________ breakfast.
The sun have shone since breakfast.

7.) Rita - clean - bike - _______ one hour now.
Rita has been cleaning her bike for one hour now.

8.) Ali - have - new bike - _________ his last birthday.
Ali have had a new bike since his last birthday.

9.) We - wait - for you - ______ such a long time now.
We have been waiting for you for such a long time now.

10.) Kim - miss - Tony - ________ she last saw him at his party.
Kim has missed Tony since she last saw him at his party.

11.) Lisa and her friends - stand - at bus stop - _______ twenty minutes.
Lisa and her friends have been standing at the bus stop for twenty minutes.

12.) This garden - belong to - old Mr Warner - _______ ages.
This gargen have belonged to old Mr Warner for ages.

13.) We all - love - breaks more than anything else - ________ we started school.
We all have loved breaks more than anything else since we started school.

14.) Megan - look at - street map of London - _______ over an hour now.
Megan has been looking at the street map of London for over an hour now.

15.) Just one last question: _______ you _____________________ (enjoy) this exercise?
Just one last question: Have you enjoyed this exercise?

These are wrong: 5, 6, 8 and 12.

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Originally Posted by Mister Micawber

These are wrong: 5, 6, 8 and 12.

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Thank you. I would try it again ;-)

5.) Oliver - look for - his felt pens - ________ the second period.
Oliver has been looking for his felt pens for the second period.

6.) sun - shine - ________ breakfast.
The sun have been shining since breakfast.

8.) Ali - have - new bike - _________ his last birthday.
Ali has had a new bike since his last birthday.

12.) This garden - belong to - old Mr Warner - _______ ages.
This garden has belonged to old Mr Warner for ages.

Kind regards,
Dany

Change 'for' to 'since' in (5) and 'have' to 'has' in (6), and you've got it, Dany.

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Originally Posted by Mister Micawber

Change 'for' to 'since' in (5) and 'have' to 'has' in (6), and you've got it, Dany.

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Thanks a lot :-D