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Present perfect simple & continuous tense Exercise-1

Exercise – 1
 
Uncle Jim has been living in Australia for four years. Now he is visiting his sister Mary and her family in England. Underline all the uses of the Present Perfect Continuous in the conversation. These actions have been continuous until now or they have just stopped.
 

Jim: It's really good to be here. Tell me, what have you all _____ for the last four years?

Tom: I've _____ round the world. I’ve _____ India, China and Africa.

Sue: I've _____ French at university. I've passed all my exams,

Tim: I've _____ in a jazz band. We've made two CDs.

Anne: I've _____ antique furniture. And I've got married.

Nicola: I've _____ at drama school. I've acted in plays by Shakespeare, Ibsen and Pirandello.

Tony and Sarah: We've _____ hard at school. And we've _____ to Disneyland. Mary; I've _____ after the kids.

Jim: That's great, But I've _____ for forty-eight hours and I'm hungry.

I can smell something good. What have you _____, Mary? Mary: Roast kangaroo, Jim. Isn't that what you eat in Australia?

 

Answers:

been doing

been going, been to

been studying

been playing

been selling

been studying

been working, been on holiday, been looking

been travelling

been cooking