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Present Perfect ContinuousSet 23

1Translate: Yo he estado jugando futball.
2Your friend arrives late, looking out of breath. Which sentence best explains the situation?
3It ..... for hours! I wish it would stop.
4Complete the sentences using the correct continuous tenses.She ..... in this company since 1985.
5Mark the answer to indicate the correct word or phrase to complete each of the sentences. A new hotel ..... near our house since last month.
6This room ..... since I was born.
7The staff ..... (work) all day. They deserve a break.
8Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.We ..... our classroom for the upcoming Teachers' Day, but there's still a lot to do.
9Still continuing $\rightarrow$
10They' ..... tennis for an hour.
11I ..... the living room, but I haven't finished yet.
12To emphasise the duration or the continuous aspect of an action that started in the past and is still valid in the present, we used:
13Although Encar ..... Japanese for long, she is already able to hold a conversation and can even read and write.
14The dog ..... (bark) since midnight.
15In the sentence "She has been working hard," what is the grammatical structure of the phrase "has been working"?
16The business ..... very well lately.
17Where is he? I ..... for him since three o'clock!
18Companies like ours ..... in print magazines or newspapers.
19Identify the tense: The teacher has been living in Mexico for 4 years.
20We ..... at the natural history museum since the morning.
21He ..... the same mistake repeatedly.
22He (to do) his lessons since lunch.
23The appropriate form of the tense. I ..... that someone else ..... on that topic since yesterday.
24They ..... (drive) the car for five hours now.
25I am very tired. I have been working continuously since 6:00.We use the present perfect continuous "have been working '' because it's ( ..... )
26Jack is cold. He ..... for too long.
27Grandpa ..... since two o'clock. Now it is four o'clock and he is still fishing down by the river.
28Have you seen my bag? I ..... it all morning. (look for)
29The child ..... ill since last night.
30I've been reading all afternoon.
31The present perfect progressive tense is formed by .....
32I'm sorry, I'm late ..... you ..... for a long time?'
33Which tense is used for a situation or action that began in the past and is still in progress, with emphasis on the duration?
34PRESENT TENSESREAD THE SENTENCE AND IDENTIFY TO WHICH PRESENT TENSE IT BELONGS."I HAVE BEEN STUDYING ENGLISH FOR YEARS"
35We have been cooking for the party for four hours.
36I have already finished my homework. I have been studying for two hours, and now I can relax for the rest of the evening.How long has the speaker been studying?
37She ..... in the tennis club for five years and she wants to retire.
38Select TRUE or FALSE accordingly.Present perfect continuous express long actions that started in the past and finish in the past.
39He ..... (work) in the garden all morning.
40Juliet is angry because I ..... her laptop. She really hates that.
41We ..... here since yesterday
42Sam moved to L.A. in 1997. He ..... here for 20 years.
43In the sentence, 'By the time we arrived, they had been cleaning the house all morning, ' what does the tense show?
44Exercise 4: Sentence Transformation Choose the correct present perfect continuous tense form of the sentence: She is writing a letter.
45Formulate a present perfect progressive sentence using 'work'.
46A: Is Brian still at the beach?B: Yes, he ..... all morning.
47Hey, you ..... at the computer all day. You should really take a break now.
48I ..... for you since 10 o'clock
49Identify the tense: Mary hasn't been running for the last 5 years.
50The documents ..... (review) since Monday. (Present perfect continuous)
51Your hands are covered with chocolate ..... a cake? (you | make)
52She ..... French lessons for months.
53Transformation sentences. Choose the sentence that correctly uses the cue word. I have been busy all morning. (FREE)
54Aiden and Anika are watching the weather from their window in Hong Kong. For the past two hours, they've seen nothing but pouring rain! Which sentence correctly describes what is happening using the present perfect continuous tense? (a)
55In recent years, more and more people ..... for things with credit cards.
56They ..... mantras for an hour and are about to finish.
57You (play not) football since you were 15 years old.
58They ..... (study) for the test all morning.
59Which verb tense is used in the sentence: "He has been playing for three hours"?
60I ..... in London for six months.
61Complete the sentence: They ..... (work) on this project since last year.