Make sentences with the present perfect continuous positive and

negative:
1. (she / work here for five years)
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2. (I / study all day)
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3. (you / eat a lot recently)
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4. (we / live in London for six months)
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5. (he / play football so hes tired)
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6. (they / learn English for two years)
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7. (I / cook so Im really hot)
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8. (she / go to the cinema every weekend for years)
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9. (it / rain, the pavement is wet)
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10. (you / sleep for twelve hours)
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11. (I / not / work today)
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12. (you / not / eat well recently)
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13. (we / not / exercise enough)
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14. (she / not / study)
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15. (they / not / live here for very long)
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16. (it / not / snow)
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17. (he / not / play football for five years)

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18. (we / not / drink enough water thats why we feel tired)
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19. (I / not / sleep I was reading)
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20. (they / not / watch TV much recently)
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A) Use PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE to fill in the
blanks:
1. Im tired, because I have been working (work) very hard.
2. He ________________________________ (write) letters all morning.
3. Catherina is getting fatter because she _______________________________
_____________________(eat) too much.
4. My mother|___________________________________ (peel) the potatoes all
afternoon.
5. Cathy _______________________________________
course since March.

(attend)

cookery

6. How long _______________you ____________________ (learn) English?

7. Where are my eye-glasses? I _______________________ (look) for them
for an hour.
8. Charles ________________________________(escape) from the police for
years.
9. How long ________________ you __________________ (use) a computer?
10. Elizabeth ____________________________________(live) with Mike for three
years.
11. She ____________________________ (earn) quite a lot of money for the
last two years.
12. It __________________________ (rain) for six hours.
Use PRESENT PERFECT TENSE or PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
to fill in the blanks:

1. Im trying to study. I ________________________________ (try) to study for

the last hour, but something always seems to interrupt me. I think Id
better go to the library.
2. The children are playing basketball right now. They____________________
__________________(play) for almost two hours. They must be getting tired.
3. The telephone ______________________________(ring) four times in the
last hour, and each time it has been for my roommate.
4. The telephone _______________________________(ring) for almost a
minute. Why doesnt someone answer it?
5. It ____________________________(rain) all day. I wonder when it will stop.
6. We ______________________________ (have) three accidents so far this
week. I wonder how many more we will have if you keep using the tools
carelessly.
7. We __________________________________(live) here since last June.
8. My little son is dirty from head to foot because he ___________________
_____________________(play) in the mud.
9. Whats the matter? Your eyes are red and puffy. I hope you ___________
__________________________(not / cry). Oh, now I understand. You
______________________________ (peel) some onions.
10. Hello, Rob. Im happy to see you again. I __________________________
_____________________(not / see) you for weeks. What _________________ you
_______________________________(do)lately?
11. I _____________________________ (not / be) able to reach my boss on the
phone yet. I_______________________________ (try) for the last twenty
minutes, but the line busy.
12. We ___________________________ (have) three major snowstorms so far
this winter. I wonder how many more we will have.
13. I ______________________________(write) them three times, but I still
havent received a reply.
14. A: Dr. Harrison is a good teacher. How long ___________________ he
___________________________(be) at the university?
B: He _____________________________(teach) here for almost 25 years.
15. A: What are you going to order for dinner?
B: Well, I _____________________________ (have / have) pizza. So I think, Ill
order that.

16. My uncle ______________________________ (paint) the outside of his

house for three weeks and hes still not finished.
17. The Smiths are presently in Tunisia. They___________________________
(travel) throughout North Africa since the middle of May. Theyll return
home in another month.