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Q: Which sentence correctly uses 'since'?

A) We have been studying since five years.

B) We have been studying since three hours.

C) We have been studying since Monday.

D) We have been studying since yesterday ago.

Q: Choose the correct short answer to 'Have they been waiting?'

A) Yes, they had.

B) Yes, they did.

C) Yes, they are.

D) Yes, they have.

Q: Choose the correct sentence.

A) I had been sleeping when the phone rang.

B) I have been sleeping when the phone rang.

C) I had been sleep when the phone rang.

D) I was been sleeping when the phone rang.

Q: Complete: "They ___ for two hours before it started raining."

A) have been walking

B) were walking

C) had been walking

D) will have been walking

Q: Complete: 'It _____ _____ raining since noon.'

A) has been

B) have been

C) had been

D) will have

Q: Which sentence is NOT in the Present Perfect Continuous?

A) She has been reading.

B) He worked all day yesterday.

C) I have been sleeping.

D) They have been working.

Q: Which sentence shows a continuing action before another past action?

A) She has been cooking before he arrived.

B) She had been cooking before he arrived.

C) She is cooking before he arrived.

D) She will be cooking before he arrived.

Q: Choose the correct past perfect continuous form: "We ___ for the teacher before she came."

A) have been waiting

B) were waiting

C) had been waiting

D) will be waiting

Q: Choose the correct form: 'We _____ been practicing for two weeks.'

A) has

B) had

C) have

D) are

Q: Which sentence shows a continuing activity with a visible present result?

A) He paints every weekend.

B) He painted last year.

C) He will paint tomorrow.

D) He has been painting, so his hands are dirty.

Q: Complete: 'Why _____ she _____ crying?'

A) has / been

B) have / been

C) did / been

D) is / been

Q: Which sentence correctly uses 'for' with a duration?

A) I have been waiting for Monday.

B) I have been waiting for two hours.

C) I have been waiting for 2020.

D) I have been waiting for yesterday.

Q: Choose the correct question form.

A) Does he has been working here long?

B) Has he been work here long?

C) Has he been working here long?

D) Has he working been here long?

Q: Complete: "The boy was tired because he ___ all morning."

A) has been running

B) had been running

C) will have been running

D) is running

Q: Which sentence is correct?

A) They had been studying before the test started.

B) They had been study before the test started.

C) They have been studying before the test started.

D) They had being studying before the test started.

Q: Complete: "I ___ for thirty minutes before you called."

A) had been sleeping

B) have been sleeping

C) was sleep

D) will be sleeping

Q: Complete: 'The children _____ _____ playing outside since 4 p.m.'

A) are been

B) has been

C) had been

D) have been

Q: Which sentence correctly contrasts a completed action with an ongoing one?

A) I have been reading for an hour.

B) I read the book yesterday.

C) I will read tomorrow.

D) I had read the book before lunch.

Q: What does Present Perfect Continuous mainly emphasize?

A) A completed future deadline

B) Duration or ongoing activity

C) A single past event

D) A permanent fact

Q: Choose the correct sentence.

A) She had been waiting since two hours.

B) She had been waiting for two hours.

C) She has been waiting for two hours before yesterday.

D) She was been waiting for two hours.