1, Put the verbs In brackets into the present perfect continuous tense 1, | ave been making (make) cakes. That is why my hands are all covered with flour. 2. Her phone fa bee ging (ing) for ten minutes. | wonder why she doesn’t answer it. 3. He has been ovewoning (overwork). That is why he looks so tired 4, Have you seen my bag anywhere? | naveicoreamave been (ook) for it for ages. . 5, What havevoubeendara | (you / do)? | have been woring | (work) in the laboratory. 6. He fasbeenswavna | (study) Russian for two years and doesn't even know the alphabet yet. 7. How long have you been (you / wait) for me? | favebeen wang | (wait) about half an hour. 8. It Fasbeenraining {rain) for two days now. There'll be a flood soon. 9, Has Way been eying (Mary/cry)? No, she *asitbeer (not ery), she f==beP=Ira | (peel) onions. 10. You have beencrvina | (drive) all day. Let me drive now. 2. Rewrite the sentences using present perfect continuous. Use the words In brackets. 1. Im quite good at English now . (learn 3 years) | hv 9¢en learning Engisn for 3 years 2. There's green paint in your hair. (do)? What © You been cone in your hai? 3. They're very tired. (work/all day) They M2¥e bee" working al day 4. Your little sister's brilliant at football. (play)? How long fs Yeu He sister Been plavng 5. This is such a long car journey! (drive/ 3 hours) We "¥* ee driving for 3 hours 6. He's shivering. The water in the pool was very cold, (swim) He "@8#2"smnnginsne peo! 7. She's talking to Max on the phone. (for hours) They "3¥© ben faking on the phone for hous 8. We've been in the library. (read / all afternoon) We "ve been reading in he lorry a aferoon 9. The baby doesn't stop crying. (all day) The baby ['#* P=" <9ing allcay 10.1 don't like this new school. (not have / a good time) | "¥en" been having a good time in this newMartin: Hi Jodie. Jodie: Hi, Martin, at last! You ¥=been king ‘onthe phone for ages. Martin: Oh sorry. How long "yeu teen 9 2 Jodie: Since five o'clock, Hive vonoeen ng | to the States? Martin: Yes, Ihave, but | = =n'atins | to the same person for three hours! The last one was Sophie. Jodie: Who is Sophie? Your girifriend? Martin: Let’s just say she's a friend, She «airs in Hawaii for a week. i's not fair! Anyway, whats up? Jodie: It’s about that concert at the Brixton Academy next month, Luke and | P==8= 388643 ontine for tickets since lunchtime and... Martin: Dontt tell me you've got some! Jodie: Yes, we have but they are 30 pounds each. What do you think? Martin: ¥en for a bike since | arrived, but that can wait. mint Jodie: Great. We're on it 4 The students are getting ready for their school party. Choose the correct answer. ‘A.This looks cool! Have you decorated /Haveivoulbeen decorating the school hall all morning? B. Yes, its almost ready. | have tried / \iave'beenitnying to blow up these balloons, but there are so ‘many of them! This isthe first break \fiaveshad / have been having since ! got to school ‘A; Well,youlhaveidone; / have been doing a great job so far. can see you have worked / haven) working hard B:Haveyouseen / Have you been seeing Leo anywhere? | have waited / fiavelbeen\watingfor him to come and help me. ‘A: Helhasjustigone / has just been to the computer lab to make sure Leanne and Joe havefinished / “have been finishing the playlist for tonight. “AiG ':| hope they haveichosen|/ have been choosing some good dance songs. ‘A: Me too!wv 5. Complete with present perfect or present perfect continuous GE Ex-teacher, Adam James "359 (make) a successful career as an extra and "52°? _| (appear) in more than 40 feature films and TV shows, "| #888 venane © (work) as an extra for over five years now, and | Meneverbee7 (never be) bored. | "™¥° mate (make) my living since | left the teaching job. | For the last two days, [P= been doing (do) a commercial for a bank that finishes tomorrow. After that, | don't know, something will turn up. |. "™=#"ags Gust change) my agency, and the new agency fs been working (work) really hard to find me jobs. They "ve shown (show) my picture to lots of directors and, as a result, | == "= (have) plenty of offers. So you can see that | favenotbecr sina) (not sit) around at home watching daytime TV, even if | am in some of the programs!”