EXERCISE Write the verbs in brackets in the Present Perfect Continuous and complete with since or for, where necessary. 1-What you________ (do) ______ lunch? 2-I ________ (rest) _________then. 3-The Browns __________(live) here ________ the last ten years. 4-She ____________(lie) in the sun ________the whole morning. 5-I _________ (try) to get in touch with you _________seven, but your telephone has been engaged all day. 6-We_________( wait) at this bus stop ______ half an hour now. 7-Mr Brown _________ (learn) French ________ September. 8-I ________ (sit) and ___________(watch) the ducks on the pond ________hours. 9- ___________ summer began this place ___________ (swarm) with tourists. 10-She ______________ (stand) in the queue ____________ two o’clock. 11-The Browns ________ (travel) around Portugal __________the beginning of July. 12-My cousin___________(stay) with us all this summer. 13-This book ____________ (lie) around ________ ages; why haven’t you read it? 14-We __________ (listen) to that man __________twenty minutes now and he __________(talk) utter nonsense. 15. I ___________(study) French __________ I was seven. 16. Mary ____________(work) for the same company _________ 1992. 17. They _____________(read) the same book __________ weeks. 18. Susan _____________(try) to compose a symphony _________ two years. 19. They __________(build) this harbour _________last year. 20. These workers _____________(live) on the dole _________ quite a long time.
Respuestas
Respuesta dada por:
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Respuesta:
- What have you been doing for lunch?
- I have been resting since then.
- The Browns have been living here for the last ten years.
- She has been lying in the sun for the whole morning.
- I have been trying to get in touch with you since seven.
- We have been waiting at this bus stop for half an hour now.
- Mr. Brown has been learning french since September.
- I have been sitting and watching the ducks in the pond for hours.
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- She has been standing in the queue since two o'clock.
- The Browns have been traveling around Portugal since the beginning of July.
- My cousin has been staying with us all this summer.
- This book has been lying around for ages.
- We have been listening to that man for twenty minutes now and he has been talking utter nonsense.
- I have been studying French since I was seven.
- Mary has been working for the same company since 1992.
- They have been reading the same book for weeks.
- Susan has been trying to compose a symphony for two years.
- They have been building this harbour since last year.
- These workers have been living on the dole for quite a long time.
Explicación:
Para hacer oraciones con el present perfect continuous:
S+ Have/Has+ Been+ Verbo (ing) POSITIVES.
S+ Have/Has+ not + Been + Verbo (ing) NEGATIVES.
Has/have + Subject + been + verbo (ing) + ? PREGUNTAS.
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