Answer — Exercise 3
5B - A quiet life?·English File Intermediate Plus - Workbook
Question
- Complete the sentences with the present perfect continuous form of the verb in brackets. Use contractions if possible.
- Complete the text with the present perfect continuous form of the verbs from the list. Use contractions if possible.
- Write present perfect continuous sentences with for or since. Use contractions if possible.
Answer
a)
- 've been waiting
- 's been studying
- have; been driving
- hasn't been feeling
- 've been arguing
- 've been looking forward to
- has; been playing
- haven't been going
b)
- have been trying
- 've been going
- 've been walking
- 've been using
- 've been drinking
- haven't been eating
- 've been swimming
- 's been playing
- 's been making
- hasn't been adding
c)
- I've been looking after my neighbours' dog since last Saturday.
- My brother's been living in Paris for two years.
- Emma and I have been going out (together) for a year.
- Rosie's been studying since she came home.
- They've been training for three weeks.
- It's been raining since eight o'clock.