Cover of the textbook English File Intermediate Plus - Workbook

The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 5B - A quiet life? for the textbook English File Intermediate Plus - Workbook with authors Christina Latham-Koenig, Clive Oxenden and Kate Chomacki from Oxford University Press

Question

  1. Complete the sentences with the present perfect continuous form of the verb in brackets. Use contractions if possible.
  2. Complete the text with the present perfect continuous form of the verbs from the list. Use contractions if possible.
  3. Write present perfect continuous sentences with for or since. Use contractions if possible.

Answer

a)

  1. 've been waiting
  2. 's been studying
  3. have; been driving
  4. hasn't been feeling
  5. 've been arguing
  6. 've been looking forward to
  7. has; been playing
  8. haven't been going

b)

  1. have been trying
  2. 've been going
  3. 've been walking
  4. 've been using
  5. 've been drinking
  6. haven't been eating
  7. 've been swimming
  8. 's been playing
  9. 's been making
  10. hasn't been adding

c)

  1. I've been looking after my neighbours' dog since last Saturday.
  2. My brother's been living in Paris for two years.
  3. Emma and I have been going out (together) for a year.
  4. Rosie's been studying since she came home.
  5. They've been training for three weeks.
  6. It's been raining since eight o'clock.