Universidad Autónoma “Benito Juárez” de Oaxaca Facultad de Idiomas

Licenciatura Semiescolarizada en Enseñanza de Idiomas / Quinto Semestre Profr. Luis Octavio Canseco García

PRACTICE FOR PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

A. Write the correct form of the verb in brackets in the present perfect continuous form.

1. ......................................................................................... (you / go) to the toilet all morning? Are you sick?

2. You ................................................................................................... (not take) your medicine for your allergies. That’s not

good.
3. Professor Octavius ……………………………………..…………………………………… (eat) tacos at Doña Pelos’s all morning.

He’ll get sick.

4. My neighbors ......................................................................................................... (argue) all morning.

5. Sylvia looks really tired. ........................................................................................................ (she / work) all night?

6. The garden is a mess because we ……………………………………………………………………....... (plant) some new flowers

7. Jacinto ............................................................................................................ (not do) his homework. He's been texting his

friends.

8. ………………………………………………………………………………………. (dad / take care) of children all day? He looks tired.

9. Your hands are dirty. ........................................................................................................ (you / play) outside?

10. She is very healthy now. She ……………………………………………………………………....... (not eat) chocolate or candies

lately.

11. Sorry I didn’t answer you. I ……………………………………………………………………………………. (help) my sister with her

English homework.
12. Look! Her face is swollen. ……………………………………………………………………..………… (she / eat) food she is allergic

to?
Universidad Autónoma “Benito Juárez” de Oaxaca Facultad de Idiomas
Licenciatura Semiescolarizada en Enseñanza de Idiomas / Quinto Semestre Profr. Luis Octavio Canseco García

ANSWERS

A. Write the correct form of the verb in brackets in the present perfect continuous form.

1. Have you been going (you / go) to the toilet all morning? Are you sick?

2. You haven’t been taking (not take) your medicine for your allergies. That’s not good.
3. Professor has been eating (eat) tacos at Doña Pelos’s all morning. He’ll get sick.

4. My neighbors have been arguing (argue) all morning.

5. Sylvia looks really tired. Has she been working (she / work) all night?

6. The garden is a mess because we have been planting (plant) some new flowers
7. Jacinto hasn’t been doing (not do) his homework. He's been texting his friends.

8. Has dad been taking care (dad / take care) of children all day? He looks tired.

9. Your hands are dirty. Have you been playing (you / play) outside?

10. She is very healthy now. She hasn’t been eating (not eat) chocolate or candies lately.

11. Sorry I didn’t answer you. I have been helping (help) my sister with her English homework.

12. Look! Her face is swollen. Has she been eating (she / eat) food she is allergic to?