Students: Flor Emmanuel Violeta 8 A

was
A) Has been

B) Had been C) is
D) was

HAS BEEN PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS [has/have + been + present participle]

We use the Present Perfect Continuous to show that something started in the past and has continued up until now. "For five minutes, " "for two weeks," and "since Tuesday" are all durations which can be used with the Present Perfect Continuous Examples:

[has/have + been + present participle]

Examples:
has been She_________ coming to this restaurant for 2 years

a)Had been

b) has been

c)is

d) was

has been He is dirty because he__________ repairing the car

a) Has been

b)is

c) was

d)had been

have been waiting for 3 hours. I _________

a)is

b) was

c)Have been

d)Has been

Had been + present participle

The has been used in the third person singular in the present perfect, which expresses the idea that something happened before now Had been + present participle Examples:
been The police Had ________ looking for the criminal for two years before they caught him. a)Had been b) has been c)is d) was been "Before I visited Greece, I Had _______

in France."

a)Has been
Had been

b) had been c)is

c) was

d) is d) had been

You __________ waiting there for more than two hours when she finally arrived.

a)Was

b) has been

We use the present simple tense when: the action is general the action happens all the time, or habitually, in the past, present and future the action is not only happening now the statement is always true

Examples:
John _______ is 15 years old a)was b)has been c)is d)had benn

is a Lawyer He ______ a)is b)had benn

c)are d)was

is in Patty's house She______ a) have been b)is c)had benn

d)was

Past Tense - Verb "to be"

The past tense in English is used: to talk about the past to talk about hypotheses things that are imagined rather than true. for politeness.

Examples:
was Sandy __________ at the cinema yesterday a) had been b)is c)was d)were were The children __________ in Vienna last week. a) were b)are c)was d)have been was It__________ a good dog a)has been b)was c)were d)have been