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Present Perfect ContinuousSet 39

1Thomas ..... (paint) the kitchen all morning.
2I ..... without a break since eight o'clock this morning.
3They ..... studying Italian for three years.
4He has been improving his communication skills for a while.
5We ..... this issue since the beginning of the semester.
6Why ..... Mandarin classes for the last three weeks?
7Which is the correct way to ask a question and give a short answer about your brother playing video games?
8I'm tired because I ..... my room all morning.
9Desi, Mitha, and Nina ..... here for an hour.
10He was very tired as he is working since 6 O' clock in the morning.
11Mr Bush ..... for his company since 1997. (to work)
12A:Have you looked at my report yet?B:Sorry! ..... mails all day long.
13[ ..... ] Ulwan: We are waiting for the new Stars Wars movie. In fact, we ..... here for more than five hours. [ ..... ]
14She ..... to me lately.
15Tom ..... ill for three months already
16How long ..... (they / live) in this city?
17Select the correct tense for the sentence:'They have been playing football since morning.'
18"Have you talked to Richard yet? ""Not yet. But I ..... to phone him since you told me." (try)
19Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs given in brackets.It ..... (rain) since morning.
20Mr Mishra is an army officer in service. He joined army in 2002 and will retire in 2022. Which of the following sentences correctly describes his situation.
21Choose the tense: Over the past few weeks, they have been discussing various strategies to improve customer satisfaction
22Nobody wants to hire me. I ..... for a job since 2011.
23Furkan ..... a new language since last year.
24I (read) this book since August.
25We (study) ..... all day.
26Jhonny hasn't been doing his assignment.
27Tom ..... how to drive for 3 years but he still can't drive!
28Ben ..... to open his own restaurant for the last few years. He ..... the painting, but he ..... the decorating yet.
29I ..... in this garage as a car mechanic for 15 years.
30I ..... this book since Monday.
31Why do we use the present perfect continuous tense?a. To describe a completed action at a specific time in the pastb. To talk about future plansc. To indicate an action that started in the past and is still continuingd. To describe a habitual action
32They have been studying for the exam since morning. What tense is this?
33We ..... for the rain to stop since this morning.
34Angie ..... on her bug collection for six months, and she still enjoys it.
35Rebecca ..... that novel all day.
36Fill in the blank: "We ..... for the bus for 20 minutes."
37Which option best reflects the information below?Josh likes reading multiple books at the same time. He started reading 3 different books last month. He still hasn't finished any of them.
38I ..... (wait) for you since 8 a.m.
39The museum ..... closed to visitors this week.
40Mike has been playing videogames all morning.Tony and Kathy have been taking karate lessons for years.I haven't been playing videogames or taking karate lessons.
41Could you take a look at Anne's computer? She ..... to fix it all morning and it still doesn't work.
42The new student ..... for 5 hours!
43I (work) ..... so hard this week to take an exam next Monday.
44..... is used to to express an action that has just ended.
45Choose the correct sentence:I am studying English for three years.
46The committee ..... the question for nearly an hour, and still hasn't come to a decision.
47He ..... the same book for three weeks, but he still hasn't finished it.
48She ..... waiting for you since 8 a.m.
49She has been dancing since morning.
50They ..... (learn) English for two years.
51Thomas ..... for the last hour on the phone
52She has been working on this project ..... last month.
53Choose the appropriate answer:You ..... (cook) dinner for 30 minutes, right?
54Please turn off the stove. The water ..... for more than fifteen minutes.a. is boiling b. was boiling c. has been boiling d. will be boiling
55Olivia ..... the TV show every night since it started.
56Which option sounds MOST natural in spoken advanced English?
57What is Jill doing these days? 'She ..... for a job for six months.'
58..... (study) English since last spring?
59Jamie ..... a sore throat for more than a week now.
60The telephone ..... for almost a minute.
61I want to buy a new flat. I ..... money for ages.