Universidad Autónoma “Benito Juárez” de Oaxaca Facultad de Idiomas
Licenciatura Semiescolarizada en Enseñanza de Idiomas / Quinto Semestre Profr. Luis Octavio Canseco García
PRACTICE FOR PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
A. Write the correct form of the verb in brackets in the present perfect continuous form.
1. ......................................................................................... (you / go) to the toilet all morning? Are you sick?
2. You ................................................................................................... (not take) your medicine for your allergies. That’s not
good.
3. Professor Canseco ……………………………………..…………………………………… (eat) tacos at Doña Pelos’s all morning.
He’ll get sick.
4. My neighbors ......................................................................................................... (argue) all morning.
5. Sylvia looks really tired. ........................................................................................................ (she / work) all night?
6. The garden is a mess because we ……………………………………………………………………....... (plant) some new flowers
7. Jacinto ............................................................................................................ (not do) his homework. He's been texting his
friends.
8. ………………………………………………………………………………………. (dad / take care) of children all day? He looks tired.
9. Your hands are dirty. ........................................................................................................ (you / play) outside?
10. She is very healthy now. She ……………………………………………………………………....... (not eat) chocolate or candies
lately.
11. Sorry I didn’t answer you. I ……………………………………………………………………………………. (help) my sister with her
English homework.
12. Look! Her face is swollen. ……………………………………………………………………..………… (she / eat) food she is allergic
to?
