ANSWERS:

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS/PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

A
1. have been reading
2. had been working
3. have been waiting
4. has been thinking
5. had been playing

B
1. has been driving
2. hadn’t been watching
3. Have you been taking
4. had been looking
5. had ... been working

C
1. since
2. the week before
3. by tomorrow
4. for
5. so far

D
1. b( no hay que hacerla)
2. A
3. C
4. C
5. B

E
1. Jane has lost weight. She has been dieting for months now.
2. Everything was white when we woke up because it had been snowing all night.
3. I was so hap y when he asked me to marry him. I have loved him for years.
4. That man is making me nervous. He has been staring at me all evening.
5. NO HAY QUE HACERLA.

Grammar (Present perfect simple/continuous or past perfect simple/continuous)

1 1. hadn’t planned
2. had been singing
3. won’t have completed (NO HAY QUE COMPLETARLA)
4. Have … been waiting
5. haven’t seen

2 1. By the time we arrived, Hilary had prepared

the meal.
 2. Have you ever eaten sushi?
3. The train will have arrived by 7.15. (NO HAY QUE HACERLA)
4. They have been studying all afternoon.

3 1. have … heard 4. have included

2. have become 5. has influenced
3. has been running 6. had … appeared

The Conditional

A
1.c
2. a
3. c
4. C
5. b
6. b

B
1. b
2. f
3. e
4. d
5. c
6. a

C
1. leaves
2. Would … have gone
3. will answer
4. ate
5. wouldn’t have been
6. would exercise / could exercise
7. arrive
8. speak

D
1. hadn’t
2. have
3. If
4. could
5. should
6. when
7. were
8. had
9. would
10. will

Grammar (conditional)
1 1. hadn’t reminded, would have forgotten
2. were, wouldn’t say
3. would have called, had remembered
4. rains, will take place
2 1. had studied 4. had listened
2. had known/knew 5. could go
3. didn’t share

3 1. we had had enough / more time to visit you

2. the dog would stop barking (so I can
concentrate)
3. was good, we would return to this restaurant/ is good, we will return….
4. can / may talk on your mobile phone, go outside/ would talk/ went outside
5. you arrive on the first day of the sale, you won’t
get the best selection

4
1. wouldn’t have forgotten, had written down
2. isn’t, will call
3. NO HAY QUE HACERLA