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1. By the time you get home I ___________ (clean) the house from top to bottom.
By the time you get home I will have cleaned the house from top to bottom (ended by a particular point in the future)
2. Joseph ____________ (kick) a football against the wall all day today.
2. Joseph has been kicking a football against the wall all day today (repeated action)
On Saturday, we ___________ (living) in this house for a year
3. On Saturday, we will have been living in this house for a year (in progress at a particular point in the future)
4. I ____________ (stay) in the hotel twice before the 1980s
I had stayed in the hotel twice before the 1980s (talking about how many times)
5. When you ___________(finish), you can go home
5. When you have finished , you can go home (it will happen at some time in the future)
6. He __________ (driving) for about half an hour when the engine suddenly stopped.
6. He had been driving for about half an hour when the engine suddenly stopped. (completed action before the past)
7. I think someone ___________ (tamper) with my mail (Tamper with: interfere with)
7. I think someone has been tampering with my mail (drawing a conclusion and complaining)
8. She felt terrible during the interview because she ___________ (suffer) from flu since the previous day.
8. She felt terrible during the interview because she had been suffering from flu since the previous day (action before the past that continued beyond it)
9. He _________ (learn) how to play chess and he can play well now. However, he ___________ (learn) how to play baseball for quite some time but he is still meeting his trainer once a week.
9. He has learnt how to play chess and he can play well now. However, he has been learning how to play baseball for quite some time but he is still meeting his
10. I _______________(never/kissed) anyone until I ___________ (meet) you.
10. (had) never kissed/ met The past perfect of "kiss" is optional since the sequence of events is made clear by "until".
11. That's the third time I ______________ (have) to tell you to stop shouting!
11. have had
12. It looks as if he ____________ (cry) again. His eyes are all red and puffy (looking swollen).
has been crying
13. We went out for a meal on Saturday. It was 2 months since we _____________(meet).
13. had met
14. It's the first time they ____________ (be) abroad.
14. have been
15. By the time you reach the coast, you ______________ (drive) for two hours.
15. will have been driving
16 Combine the following sentences using with “Perfect Participle”. 1.I lost all my money. I went home.
Having lost all my money, I went home.
