The Present Perfect Continuous Tense

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Утвердительная форма	Вопросительная форма	Отрицательная форма
I we have been you V ing they he has been she V ing it	I we Have you they been V ing? he Has she it	I we have not you been V ing they he has not she been V ing it

The Past Perfect Continuous Tense

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Утвердительная форма	Вопросительная форма	Отрицательная форма
I he she had been it V ing we you they	I he she been Had it V ing? we you they	I he she had not it been V ing we you they

The Future Perfect Tense

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Утвердительная форма	Вопросительная форма	Отрицательная форма
I shall have we been V ing he she it will have you been Ving they	I shall we have he been she Ving? will it you they	I shall not you have been Ving we he will not she have been it V ing they

Test 2.

1. I … for you all day. Where have you been?

a) was looking

b) have looked

c) looked

d) have been looking

2. She says she … this man for ages.

a) Has known

b) Has been knowing

c) Was knowing

d) Knows

3. Mrs. Stone... as a teacher for twenty years

a) Work

b) Worked

c) Has been working

d) Is working

4. You look upset. What … to you?

a) Has been happening

b) Has happened

c) Happens

d) Had happened

5. No, thank you, I don’t smoke. I … up.

a) Gave

b) Have been giving

c) Have given

d) Have been given

6. Do you know where …?

a) Has she gone

b) Has she been going

c) She has been going

d) She has gone

7. … to this news from Scott? I’ve just repeated it.

a) Have you been listening

b) Have you listened

c) You have been listened

d) You have listened

8. Do you really think her English … since she started school?

a) Improves

b) Has been improving

c) Has improved

d) Improved

9. Their family has been living in this house since the eighteenth century, …?

a) Haven’t they

b) Hasn’t it

c) Don’t they

d) Isn’t it

10. Come in and have a seat. We … our plans for the next year.

a) Have just been discussing

b) Just discussed

c) Have just discussed

d) Just discuss

11. In the evenings, I often play chess with my next door neighbor. I ---- chess with him ever since I ---- to live here ten years ago.

a) have been playing / came

b) have been playing / have come

c) am playing / have come

d) have played / have come

12. Ann ---- her driving test three times because she's so bad at reversing. But she ---- reversing since last week and I think she has got a bit better at it.

a) has failed / has been practicing

b) failed / practiced

c) failed / was practicing

d) has failed / is practicing

13. I have been waiting for the prices of the houses to come down before buying one, but I think I ---- too long and the prices ---- to go up again

a) am waiting / are beginning

b) am waiting / began

c) have waited / are beginning

d) waited / were beginning

14. Last year, I experienced how tedious long plane trips could be. I ---- in an airplane for fairly long distances before that, but never as long as when I went to Australia last June.

a) have never flown

b) didn't fly

c) had flown

d) hadn't flown

15. This bicycle ---- In our family for fourteen years. My father used it for the first five years, my brother rode it for the next five and I ----it for the last four.

a) had been / had

b) has been / have had

c) was / had had

d) has been / had

16. It's a great pity you didn't come to London with us last summer, As you --- it before, it ---- a wonderful holiday for you.

a) hadn't seen / would have been

b) have never seen / will surely be

c) didn't see / has been

d) haven't see n / was

17. Yesterday at a restaurant, I saw Sally, an old friend of mine. I had not seen her for years. At first, I ---- her because she ---- at least 20 kilos.

a) didn't recognize / lost

b) didn't recognize / had lost

c) hadn't recognized / lost

d) haven't recognized / had lost

18. Our committee is trying to raise money to buy a new lifeboat. By the end of the year, we ---- out 5.000 letters asking for contributions.

a) will send

b) will be sending

c) will have been sending

d) will have sent

19. Look at her hands! They are dirty! She … fruits for 2 hours.

a) has been picking

b) have been picking