Present Perfect Continuous, Filling the gaps
Open the brackets and fill in the gaps.

1) Sophia (to paint) this picture for a week.
had been painting
2) The tourists (to do) the sightseeing since morning.
had been doing
3) My uncle (to collect) coins since he was a student.

4) I (to look) for information on this project since last week.
5) My brother (to work) as a computer programmer for ten years.

6) Mike and Nick (to discuss) the plans for their summer holidays for more than an hour.

7) Alex (to drive) a car for five hours now.
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8) My classmates (to write) for half an hour.

9) Jana (to wash) the dishes for ten minutes.

10) The wind (to blow) since morning.

1. He has just ( finished) his work. 2. Have you ( made) any spelling mistakes in your dictation? 3. What books did you ( read) when you ( lived) in the country? 4. They (have not yet come) from the south. 5. He (was) ill last week, but now he (has recovered). 6. If everybody (has read) this new novel, let's discuss it. 7. Have you ( booked) tickets? — Yes, I have. I ( booked) them several days ago. 8. I (have not  seen) you since you ( left) for Moscow. 9. Have you ( read) all the books on this shelf? 10. I (have not seen) my cousin since last year. 11. Why did you ( put) these things in the wrong place? 12. Why have you ( left) the door open?

Yesterday I heard my alarm clock but I went back to sleep. I got up late and ran to the kitchen. I burnt my tongue because the milk was too hot! I also cut my finger on a knife and my butter and jam toast fell on the carpet, on the wrong side of course! Afterwards I hit my foot against the door. Ouch, it hurt! When I opened the door of its cage, my canary flew away. Ten minutes later, I caught him in a net and put him back into the cage. Of course, I left home late and missed the bus. I took my bike and rode to school. It was so cold that my fingers froze. There I had a horrible history test. I was so nervous that I broke my pen and forgot everything I knew. In the afternoon, the PE teacher taught us how to fight. I fought against a big boy who beat me so hard that I lost a tooth. And even worse! Somebody stole my MP3 player in my locker. I couldn't believe it! Fortunately, my alarm clock rang again and I realised it was only a bad dream, a real nightmare! What a relief!