PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS Complete the questions using the Present Perfect Continuous.
E.g. Sorry, I’m late. (wait) long?
Have you been waiting long?
1. So you play chess, don’t you? How long (play)?
2. Wow! You can speak Chinese! How long (learn) it?
3. Hi! I’m your new neighbour! (live) here long?
4. “I work as a secretary.” “How long (work) here?”
5. The streets are wet. (rain)?
6. The children are filthy! What (do)?
7. Why is your hair wet? (swim)?
PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
Before Kelly entered university, she had tried lots of different sports, hobbies and activities. Write how long and what
she had been fond of before she became a student.
E.g. do yoga
Kelly had been doing yoga for half a year before she entered university.
1. make stuffed toys
2. dance hip-hop and jazz
3. attend a drama school
4. make videos for her friend’s blog
5. learn survival skills
6. attend lectures on astronomy
7. play baseball
FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS
Make sentences with a beginning from A, a verb from B in the Future Perfect Continuous and an ending from C.
E.g. Before John comes back, I will have been keeping our guests entertained for a few hours.
A B C
1 Before John comes back, I queue in the company for 10 years.
2 Next year I sleep our guests entertained for a few hours.
3 This book on Proust is really difficult.
On Saturday I
work it for a month, and I’m still only half way.
4 In two years’ time Mr Morneau keep there alone for 3 months.
5 By the time you get home, I read at Wimbledon all day to buy tickets.
6 Tennis fans live for 50 years, and shows no sign of retiring
from the theatre.
7 By the time his family join him, he act for about an hour. Please don’t wake me up.