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English 12 Public

present perfect or continuous

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Tim's training for the London Marathon at the moment-he's run/ he's been running 20km every day

he's been running

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

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.

I've finished

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

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

"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

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

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

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

Which option is NOT correct? I've been using Duolingo to learn Spanish, and I've just/ yet/ already completed the first level.

yet

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.

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