CURSO: INGLES - PRACTICA 08 / PROF: ROLANDO PAREDES

PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE 5. When I went to see Ms. Winter, her secretary told
COMPLETE WITH PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS me that she has been speaking on the phone for
two hours. (speak)
1. Completa las oraciones siguientes con ( have 6. You got sick because you have been eating the
o has) en el present perfect continuous. whole time. (eat)
7. The musician has been living in this town for ten
• I have been working all day.
years when he became director of the opera
• She has been studying all morning.
house. (live)
• You have been eating the whole time.
8. We have been going out with each other for two
• William has been sleeping for four hours.
years before I met his family. (go)
• Kate and Rian have been arguing for half an hour.
9. The passengers have been waiting for four hours
2. Conjuga los verbos entre paréntesis before the ground staff could finally give them
information on the delay of their flight. (wait)
• Claire (teach) has been teaching English since 10. I have been driving in the wrong direction for an
2006. hour before I noticed my mistake. (drive)
• We (look) have been looking for that document
5. He has ____ too hard today.
all day.
• Mr. Smith (speak) has been speaking on the a) working
phone for two hours. b) works
• The students are exhausted because they (take) c) been working
have been taking a difficult test. d) work
e) worked
• He (live) has been living here since he was a
child.
6. Has it ___ raining since you arrived?
3. Formula oraciones interrogativas
a) be
b) ben
• (How long / we / wait / for her) c) been
How long have we been waiting for her d) is
• (How long / she / learn / English) e) Are
How long has she been learning English
• (How long / they / go out with each other) 7. It has _____ snowing a lot this week.
How long have they been going out with each
a) be
other b) been
• (How long / you / exercise) c) being
How long have you been exercising d) was
• (How long / he / sit / there) e) is
How long has he been sitting there
8. My brother has been travelling ___ two months.
4. Conjuga completa los verbos en pasado
a) since
perfecto continuous
b) for
c) by
1. Laura needed a break because she has been
d) On
studying all morning. (study) e) in
2. Lorraine has been learning English for 12 years
before she moved to England. (learn) 9. _____ your brother and sister been getting
3. I did not go out last night because I have been along?
learning all day. (work) a) Have
4. Orla felt fit for the marathon because she has b) Has
c) Are
been training a lot. (train)
d) Is
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e) Do d) was
e) being
10. Rick _____ been studying hard this semester.
a) 's 18. Had they _____________ in the park?
b) s a) Ben workin
c) 've b) Been working
d) does c) Worked
e) is d) Have worked
e) been working
11. I'm tired because I _____ been working out.
a) 've COMPLETE WITH FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS
b) has
c) am 19. Conjuga los verbos entre paréntesis en future
d) ‘d perfect continuous.
e) ‘s
1. In two months, I will had been teaching English at
12. Julie ________ living in Italy since May. this school for ten years. (teach)
a) has being 2. Next week you will had been living in your new
b) is been
house for a year. (live)
c) has been
d) have been 3. My friends will had been lying on the beach the
e) is being next holiday. (lie)

COMPLETE WITH PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS 20. Formula oraciones interrogativas en future
perfect continuous.
13. Did you know he'd been teaching German
_____ fifteen years before he got fired?
a) before • (How long / we / wait / for her)
b) since How long will we have been waiting for her
c) for • (How long / they / run)
d) after How long will they have been running for her
e) when • (How long / she / learn / English)
How long will she have been learning for her
14. We had been watching TV for 3 hours ______ we
realized it was dinner time. • (How long / they / go out together)
a) for How long will they have going out together
b) since • (How long / he / do / this)
c) by How long will he have been doing this
d) when
e) after

15. He had ________ too hard on that project. I

don’t know why his teacher rejected it.
a) working
b) works
c) been working
d) work
e) worked

16. My brother had been travelling _____ two years

before he met his wife.
a) since
b) for
c) by
d) until
e) later

17. Had it _____ raining since you arrived last

night?
a) be
b) been
c) is