Has/nalo

ng) form of the verv.

Exercises

all in the blanks with the present perfect continuous form of the verbs given

A. Fill in the

in brackets.

1. The boys ...

... here since eight o'clock this morning. (play)

2. He ...

English for a year-and-a-half now. (learn)

3. We ...

...

in this queue for half an hour. (stand)

4. Rama

... on the temple premises since 2005. (live)

... at the post office for twenty years. (work)

5. He ... at the post office for twenty years (work)

1 have been playing

2 has been learning

3 have been standing

4 has been living

5 has been working

Explanation:

Present Perfect Continuous verb forms express the idea that

an action started at some time in the past (so use "been" past participle of be) and

continues (use the present participle of the main verb by adding - ing to the given verb)

until the present time (use present tense forms of "have"--note: only 3rd person singular subjects require the "has" form in present tense)

Two things to remember:

All verbs have present participles that end in - ing.

in Present Tense, Third person Singular subjects need to have verb that ends in - s.