Test 1 perfect continuous

Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в Perfect Continuous

1. My father (to work) at the University since 1995.

a) has been working

b) is working

c) works

2. My grandmother (to cook) dinner since two o’clock.

a) is cooking

b) has been cooking

c) cooks

3. My little sister (to sleep) since three o’clock.

a) sleeps

b) is sleeping

c) has been sleeping

4. My uncle (to write) poems since childhood.

a) is writing

b) has been writing

c) is writes

5. She (to read) since morning.

a) has been reading

b) is reading

c) reads

6. They (to play) volleyball since three o’clock.

a) are playing

b) is playing

c) have been playing

7. We (to study) English since 1998.

a) study

b) have been studying

c) are studying

8. She already (to study) Spanish for two years.

a) has been studying

b) is studying

c) study

9. They already (to live) in the country for four months.

a) has living

b) have been living

c) are living

10. She already (to speak) on the phone for twenty minutes.

a) is speaking

b) has spoken

c) has been speaking

11. He already (to solve) this problem for half an hour.

a) has been solving

b) is solving

c) has solved

12. She already (to write) this letter for an hour.

a) is writing

b) has been writing

c) has written

13. The boys already (to play) football for forty minutes.

a) have been playing

b) are playing

c) have played

14. The girls already (to change) their clothes for half an hour.

a) are changing

b) have been changing

c) have changed

15. He (to learn) Hamlet’s soliloquy for two days already.

a) has learnt

b) is learning

c) has been learning

16. We already (to repair) our flat for half a month.

a) have been repairing

b) have repaired

c) are repairing

17. We could not go out because it (to rain) hard since early morning.

a) had been raining

b) has been raining

c) has rained

18. After we (to walk) about two hours we arrived at a beautiful glade covered with fresh grass.

a) have been walking

b) had been walking

c) had walked

19. At last the librarian gave me the book which I (to wait) for during two months.

a) had waited

b) has been waiting

c) has been waiting

20. She (to live) in Moscow for ten years when her sister came to live with her.

a) had been living

b) has been living

c) had lived