1.Put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect or the present perfect continuous.
a)Please,harry  up!You........(talk) on the phone for over an hour.
b)I'm tired! I........(work) hard all day.
c)..............(you/post) the letter yet?
d)Nikos and Manos........(take)karate lessons since April.
e)...........(you/see)my glasses? I can't find them anywhere.
f) I............(not/go)to the gym for over a month.
g)Who..........(use)my laptop  without asking me?
h)He...........(not/catch) any fish yet.
i)How long..........(the kids/watch)TV?

2.Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.

     It was a dark and stormy night.I 1)......(stay)with my grandparents all week because my parents were away on a buisness trip.Grandma and Grandpa 2)..........(be) both fast asleep but i was still awake.
     I 3).............(decide) to get a glass of milk from the kitchen.As I 4)..........(go) down the stairs,I 5).............(hear)the sound of glass breaking.It was loud enough to wake even my grandparents.We all 6)..............(run)into the living room.To our surprise?there was a huge tree branch on the sofa and a lot of rain 7)................(come)in trough the broken window.