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C1 Advanced Present Perfect Simple/Continuous vs ...

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    A puzzle for C1 Advanced students to practice various forms in contrast to Present Perfect forms - focus on areas of confusion.
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  • Our legal team _____ the compliance frameworks for all international subsidiaries since the new regulatory guidelines were enacted last spring.
    restructures
    is restructuring
    has been restructuring
    was restructuring
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  • The data analytics department _____ high-frequency market trends continuously all afternoon to prepare for tomorrow's economic summit.
    monitors
    had monitored
    monitored
    has been monitoring
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  • Notice is hereby given that all confidential documents containing personal client information _____ in accordance with newly revised privacy protocols.
    were shredded
    have been shredded
    will have been shredded
    are shredding
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  • The keynote speaker _____ her main presentation on sustainable architecture when a sudden power outage disrupted the entire conference center.
    was delivering
    has delivered
    delivers
    has been delivering
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  • Pardon my disheveled appearance; I _____ through stacks of archival financial records in the basement all afternoon to locate the contract.
    have been rummaging
    had rummaged
    am rummaging
    was rummaging
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  • How long _____ as the director of the international research division before you were transferred to headquarters?
    did you serve
    are you serving
    have you been serving
    have you served
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  • Several prominent economists _____ that inflationary pressures will force the central bank to hike interest rates again quite soon.
    have warned
    warned
    were warning
    had warned
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  • Why are your clothes covered in grease? — I _____ to fix the backup generator in the warehouse all morning.
    am trying
    have been trying
    tried
    try
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  • How many times _____ late to work this year?
    were you
    have you been being
    have you been
    are you
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  • By the time the executive board finally convened for the emergency session, the head of risk management _____ for over three hours in the corridor.
    was waiting
    is waiting
    has been waiting
    had been waiting
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  • The quarterly financial audit _____ earlier this morning, revealing several crucial discrepancies in our overseas logistics expenditures.
    had been completed
    is being completed
    was completed
    has been completed
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  • Although the preliminary draft was submitted last week, the comprehensive report _____ by the senior strategy consultant at this very moment.
    is being revised
    was revised
    has been revised
    has been revising
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  • Over the course of her distinguished thirty-year career in international development, Dr. Vance _____ numerous prestigious accolades for her humanitarian research.
    had received
    was receiving
    has received
    received
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  • Several groundbreaking patents _____ by our research facility this year, establishing our firm as an industry pioneer.
    have been granted
    had been granted
    were granted
    are being granted
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  • The chief executive officer _____ with prospective European investors all morning, so she has not yet reviewed your proposed budget.
    has been negotiating
    negotiated
    negotiates
    is negotiating
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  • When the multinational corporation expanded its operations into Southeast Asia in 2018, it _____ severe cultural and regulatory hurdles.
    had been encountering
    has been encountering
    encountered
    has encountered
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