Inglés

ACTIVITIES – INTRODUCTION (3rd part)





1 Look at the pictures and complete the sentences with the verbs below. Use the Present Perfect Continuous.

|study • play • sleep • cook • dance|


1. [pic] Ted …………has been sleeping…………… for two hours.

2. [pic] Tracy and Jim ………have been cooking……………… since 8.00.

3. [pic] Eve ……has been studying………………… for a test allweek.

4. [pic] Richard and Hope …………have been dancing…………… all night.

5. [pic] The childminder ……has been playing………………… with the children since she arrived.


2 Complete the sentenceswith the verbs below. Use the affirmative or negative form of the Present Perfect Continuous.

|train • feel • swim • do • organise • wait |


1. I …haven’t been waiting……………………long. I’ve just arrived.

2. Charles ……has been organising………………… the books on his shelves for the last two hours.

3. Robert wants to run in a five-kilometre race. He ……has been training…………………for it all month.

4. What ………have………… you ……been doing…………… lately? I haven’t heard from you.

5. Is John still in the pool? He …has been swimming…………………… for more than an hour.


3Complete the sentences with the verbs below. Use the Present Perfect Simple or the Present Perfect Continuous.

|not watch • wash • know • speak • go |


1. Mum ……has gone………………… tothe library.

2. I ………haven’t been watching……………… television all afternoon! I started watching five minutes ago.

3. The cleaner ………has been washing……………… the floor since she arrived. She’s inthe kitchen.

4. ……Have…………… you ……been knowing…………… about her illness for a long time?

5. What a long speech! He ……has been speaking………………… for more than an hour.


4 Complete thesentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Perfect Continuous or Present Perfect Simple.

1. The lifeguard ………has been sitting……………… (sit) next to the pool all morning. He ……haven’t...