Test 2 perfect continuous

Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в Perfect Continuous

1. This man is a writer. He (to write) books since he was a young man.

a) has been writing

b) is writing

c) has written

2. What you (to do) here since morning?

a) have you been doing

b) have you done

c) are you doing

3. He (to run) for ten minutes without any rest.

a) is running

b) has been running

c) has run

4. They (to work) in the reading hall for three hours already.

a) have worked

b) are working

c) have been working

5. They (to play) volleyball since breakfast time.

a) have played

b) have been playing

c) are playing

6. I (to live) in St. Petersburg since 1990.

a) have been living

b) am living

c) have lived

7. Wake up! You (to sleep) for ten hours already.

a) have slept

b) are sleeping

c) have been sleeping

8. I (to wait) for a letter from my cousin for a month already, but have not yet received it.

a) have been waiting

b) am waiting

c) have waited

9. I (to wait) for you since two o’clock.

a) am waiting

b) have been waiting

c) have waited

10. The weather is fine today. The sun (to shine) ever since we got up.

a) has shined

b) is shining

c) has been shining

11. I already (to try) to find my old exercise book for twenty minutes.

a) am trying

b) have been trying

c) have tried

12. They already (to live) in New York for ten years.

a) have lived

b) are living

c) have been living

13. I (to think) of it for three days already.

a) have been thinking

b) am thinking

c) have thought

14. How long you (to read) this book?

a) have read

b) have been reading

c) are reading

15. My sister already (to study) music for five years.

a) has studied

b) is studying

c) has been studying

16. They already (to write) the composition for two hours.

a) are writing

b) have been writing

c) have written

17. He (to wait) for fifteen minutes when at last he saw her at the end of the platform.

a) had waited

b) had been waiting

c) has been waiting

18. I (to read) about an hour when he came.

a) had been reading

b) have been reading

c) had read

19. I (to walk) about an hour when I saw a little house not far from the river.

a) have been walking

b) had been walking

c) have walked

20. They (to sail) down the river for many hours before they came to the village.

a) have sailed

b) have been sailing

c) had been sailing