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Transform this sentence into the Future Perfect Continuous:
"By next week I STUDY arts for five years"
By next week I will have been studying arts for five years
Past perfect continuous
They..................... Tennis since the accident.
a) didn't play b) hadn't played c) hadn't been playing
c) hadn't been playing
They hadn't been playing Tennis since the accident.
Future
We .................... to Thailand for my birthday
a) go b) will go c) will be going
b) will go
We will go to Thailand for my birthday
A question in the Present perfect
Use the subject "she" , the verb "go" and a complement of place
Has she gone to the shop?
Use the present perfect continuous to emphasise that a situation is temporary.
I usually go to the gym on the High Street, but it's closed for repairs at the moment so I've been going to the one in the shopping centre.
Transform this sentence into the Present Perfect Continuous:
"I LOOK for a new job for two months now"
"I have been looking for a new job for two months now"
Future Continuous
By 7 pm I ....................... (buy) my medicine
By 7 pm I will be buying my medicine
Present perfect
How long..................... each other?
a) did you know b) had you known c) have you known
c) have you known
How long have you known each other?
A question in the Future continuous
Use the subject "he" , the verb "live" and a complement of place
Will he be living in Germany by then?
Describe a completed action
I've written you an email.
Transform this sentence into the Past Continuous:
"She NOT SLEEP when we came home"
Present perfect simple
She.......... (read) ten books this summer
She has read ten books this summer.
My mom ........................... my birthday cake by tomorrow morning.
a) Will make b) Will have make c) Will have made
c) Will have made
My mom will have made my birthday cake by tomorrow morning.
A question in the Past continuous
Use the subject "you" , the verb "playing" and a complement of time
Were you playing when I called?
Describe an activity which may continue
I've been writing emails since I arrived.
Transform this sentence into the Past Perfect:
"I MEET him before the meeting"
"I had met him before the meeting"
Past perfect
You..................... (not say) how long would the virtual meeting was going to last.
You hadn't said how long would the virtual meeting was going to last.
Look at the grass. It........................ all day long.
a) has rained b) had rained c) has been raining
It has been raining all day long.
Subject + future perfect continuous + work + place + time
We will have been working in the company for ten years by Monday
We use both the present perfect simple and the present perfect continuous to talk about...
We use both the present perfect simple and the present perfect continuous to talk about past actions or states which are still connected to the present.
Transform this sentence into the Past Perfect Continuous:
"I STUDY for two hours until my mom called me"
"I had been studying for two hours until my mom called me"
Future continuous
I ................. (help) my sister next week with an essay
I will be helping my sister next week with an essay
Past perfect
He......................... to a Symphony before last night.
a) was never b) had never been c) hasn't been
b) had never been
He had never been to a Symphony before last night.
Subject + present perfect continuous + time frame
She has been playing football for the past three hours
We use the Future Perfect Continuous to tal about...
To denote an action or event that will keep going on until a certain point of time or another event in the future.