Exercise #5 Present Perfect Continuous

Name:_____________________________________
Inés Montserrat Ibarra
h Hernández Date:_____________
September It "
,
2022

I. Add “ing” to the following verbs. Check the spelling rules.

1.
2. Fly __________
Flying

3. Choose _________
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4. Break ___________
Breaking

5. Swim ____________
Swllnmlng

6. Listen ___________
listennins

7. Live ____________
Living

8. Start __________
Starling

9. Run _____________
Running

II. Complete the sentences with the words in parenthesis. Use Present Perfect Continuous.

Affirmative Subject + have / has + been + verb-ing + rest of the sentence.

Negative Subject + have / has + not + been + verb-ing + rest of the sentence.

Interrogative Have / has + subject + been + verb-ing+ rest of the sentence?

Wh- question + have / has + subject + been + verb-ing+ rest of the

sentence?

1. Luke ________________ (not/ work)in this company since 1979.

has not been Workin 9
 2. I ________________(wait) for my friend since 1 o'clock.
have been waiting

3. Debora ________________ (live) in England since 1995.

has been living

4. A: Why is he tired?
B: He ________________(play)
has Ying been soccer for three hours.
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5. ________________(learn / you/ How long) English?

How long have been learning

6. My friend and I ________________(drive) the car for more than an hour.

have been drilling

7. I ________________(live) without internet for six weeks.

have been twins

8. The film ________________(run / not) for ten minutes yet, but there's a commercial
hasnit been running

break already.
9. _____________________(How long/ work / she) in the garden?
How 10ns has she been Worthing

10. Julia ________________ (not /swim ) in the pool for more than two hours.
hdsrít beca
swlmming

III. Complete the sentences with “for” or “since”.

1. Lara has been living here __________ 2012. since

2. Dave and Pearl have been studying at this college __________ only a week. for

3. My dad has been watching TV __________ five o’clock. since

4. Sam has been playing football __________ a long time. for

5. I’ve been working at this company__________ June. since