Present Perfect / Present Perfect Continuous…

Present Perfect Continuous

SUBJECT+HAVE/HAS+BEEN+SIMPLE FORM OF VERB WITH ING AT THE END

Example : ( VERB TO WAIT )

I have been waiting

you have been waiting

He/She/It  has been waiting

you have been waiting

they have been waiting

EXERCISE 1

Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses, then click the “Answers” button to check your answers.

Shean :I think the our parents  (forget)…… us. We (wait) ………here for over one hour and nobody (show up) …….yet.

Jean : I think you’re right.They  probably think  we (take, already) ………the bus.

Shean : They should pick up us. we (have, not) ……….a car yet! We (sit) ………. here for over one hour.

Jean: That’s true, and they  (call, not)…….. us to know what is going on .

ANSWERS

EXERCISE 2

1- How long (be)…..in USA ?

I (study)……. here for more than five years.

2- I (love)……… to play soccer since I was a child.

3-Lately, I (think) ……. about changing my job because I (become) …….. dissatisfied  at my company.

4- I (see) ……this place for more than two years and during that time I have (see) ……..changes in it.

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