Question

Read the interview. Put the correct verbs in the Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous Tense.

Interviewer: Your book 0)_has just been___ (just be) published. We 1) ___(wait) for it almost a year! 2)___ (you write) all this time?

Traveller: Well, not really. I 3) ___ (travel) most of the time.

Interviewer: Where 4) ____ (you be)? Is there any place at all where you 5) ___ (not be) yet?

Traveller: Oh, yes, there are lots of places I 6) ___ (not visit). But over the last 19 months, I 7) ___ (collect) photos of places I 8) ___ (never be) to before.

Interviewer: Your new book is about Australian Aborigines and their lifestyle. 9) ___ (you meet) many Aborigines in your life?

Traveller: Yes, actually, I 10)___ (live) in the Australian outback for the last few months, and I 11) ___ (make) a lot of friends among the Aborigines. They are very friendly people and 12)___ (help) me a lot.

Interviewer: What’s your next book about?

Traveller: Well, for years, I. 13) ___ (plan) to write about Siberia. I 14) ___ (not start) yet but I 15)___ (think) about it a lot.

Interviewer: Well, thank you and good luck with your next project,

Answer 1

1. have been waiting
2. have you been writing
3. have traveled
4. have you been
5. have not been yet
6. have not visited
7. have collected
8. have never been
9. have you met
10. have lived
11. have made
12. have helped
13. have been planing
14. have not started
15. have thought