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Present Perfect ContinuousSet 35

1She ..... (not/sleep) well these days.
2She ..... waiting for the bus for 40 minutes. It's very late.
3Why are you sweating? You ....., right?
4We ..... here for so long.
5They ..... late to meetings lately.
6Since her mother took her cell phone away, Gabriela has been sad.
7"The children have been jumping on the trampoline for hours."
8"Why are your hands dirty?" " I ..... my motorbike."
9Tomatoes ..... here for decades.
10The professor ..... on this research project for five years now.
11Identify the tense of the verb in the following sentence: They have been studying for the exam all week.
12Match the sentence with the time: I have been working on this project .....
13The girls ..... playing dolls since this morning.
14We ..... students ..... 2010. We have been students since 2010.
15How long ..... he ..... the guitar (play)?
16Each of the Olympic athletes ..... for months, even years.
17I ..... English for several years.
18To emphasize the ongoing activity rather than the result, which option best completes the sentence? "I'm so tired because I ..... all over town for a new pair of shoes."
19We ..... in this house since November. (live)
20Present perfect:He is really tired. He ..... (be) working ..... 5:30 a.m.
21You ..... (eat) a lot recently
22My cat ..... for the last few days. She must be ill.
23He ..... (to work) here for five years now.
24He ..... to fix the car for hours.
25In the present perfect continuous tense, which of the following is typically used to express duration?
26Mary and Ann started singing together. They ..... (sing) together since they were 14 years old.
27I ..... all night.
28My brother ..... games on his phone for six hours. His phone ..... just now.
29This tense is used to describe the duration of an action that began in the past and continues into the present
30I ..... English two years.
31She hasn't been eating ice cream for the last 15 minutes.
32I've been trying to fix this computer ..... early this morning.
33Seema ..... here for the last five years.
34He ..... his essay all day, but he ..... yet.
35There it is at last! I ..... for that book for a week.
36I ..... for my school jumper for ages. I can't find it anywhere.
37She ..... (read) for an hour now.
38In "They have been preparing for this exam," which aspect of the action does the tense emphasize?
39It ..... every afternoon for the past week. The weather forecast predicts rain for next week too.
40I ..... (study) for my test since I got up.
41..... about calling my ex-girlfriend. What do you think?
42Name the tense She has been reading since morning.
43We ..... for over an hour before we were offered anything to eat or drink.
44He ..... for a new job for weeks.
45I ..... busy for the past fortnight
46Since I quit my job as a postman I ..... riding my bike.
47Sam has been watching television for .....
48They have been ..... English since 2002.
49Choose one of the answers to complete the sentence below.My father is so tired since he ..... our garden all day for planting vegetables.
50Keira hopes to win the marathon as she ..... very hard for it.
51I ..... this book for ages, but I'm only on page 102
52I ..... here since 9 o'clock
53How long ..... they ..... together?
54Many months later she understood that they had only ..... to protect her all these years.
55Which sentence is in the negative form of Present Perfect Continuous tense?
56Sarah (paint) her room. She is almost finished.
57Identify the tense used in the sentence: We have been staying in this hotel since Monday.
58The office next door ..... for sale for two months. It hasn't been sold yet.
59Willy has ..... to Paris ..... 2 weeks.
60His parents spoil him. He's always ..... to do whatever he wants.
61Take a short break! You ..... all dayA. work B. is working C. has been working D. were working