Choose the correct option to complete the sentence.
UK supermarkets ____ (see) a huge increase in sales of bananas, as customers ____ (try) to bake banana bread at home.
have seen
have been trying
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15
Tim's training for the London Marathon at the moment-he's run/ he's been running 20km every day
he's been running
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20
Complete the sentence using the present perfect simple or continuous.
I ________ (clean) the apartment all afternoon, and now I'm exhausted!
I've been cleaning
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Is the sentence correct? Why/ Why not?
Since lockdown started, we have been having a lot more free time.
we have had
State verbs (have, be, like, love, believe, understand, etc) aren't used in the continuous form
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Use the present perfect simple or continuous to complete the sentence.
"The things I____(do) during lockdown _____(be) better for me than had I been going on holiday"
have been doing
have been
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Which option is NOT correct?
I've been using Duolingo to learn Spanish, and I've just/ yet/ already completed the first level.
yet
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Choose the correct option to complete the sentence.
Matt Lucas's Baked Potato Song telling you how to behave during the coronavirus pandemic has caught/ has been catching the imagination of the public.
has caught
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"I feel like I ____ (rediscover) my work-life balance. Lockdown ____(make) me see that there's more to life than work and business"
have rediscovered
has made
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Which option is NOT possible?
Grayson Perry has been encouraging the British public to create artwork in April/ over the last six weeks/ during lockdown
in April
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lifesaver
Give 25 points!
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rocket
Go to first place!
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rocket
Go to first place!
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banana
Go to last place!
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lifesaver
Give 10 points!
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magnet
Take 25 points!
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rocket
Go to first place!
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thief
Give points!
5
10
15
20
25
banana
Go to last place!
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rocket
Go to first place!
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shark
Other team loses 25 points!
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lifesaver
Give 25 points!
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Put the sentence in the correct order:
began/ father/ since/ my/ his/ working/ lockdown/ has/ in/ been/ garden
My father has been working in his garden since lockdown began.
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banana
Go to last place!
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rocket
Go to first place!
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rocket
Go to first place!
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baam
Lose 25 points!
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Use the present perfect simple or continuous to complete the sentence.
"My husband ____ always ____(find) it easy to relax, but I ______(struggle) to switch off.
has always found
have struggled/ have been struggling
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Choose the correct option to complete the sentence.
I've finished/ I've been finishing writing my first novel at last. It should be published in the summer.