Present Perfect Continuous Tense

1. Aliana ______________ for five years.

a) has worked
b) had worked
c) has been working
d) have been working

2. Susan and Jacob ____________for the whole day.

a) has studied
b) have been studying
c) have studied
d) have been studied

3. You _______________________ a lot recently.

a) had eaten
b) ate
c) have been eating
d) have been eaten

4. I ______________________ working since morning.

a) has been
b) had been
c) have been
d) have being

5. I _____________ confirmation of the news for the last two hours.

a) has received
b) am receiving
c) have been receiving
d) have received

6. We _________________ the football tournament for the last four years

a) have won
b) had been winning
c) have been winning
d) have being won

7. They ________________ English for two years.

a) have been learning
b) have learnt
c) will be learning
d) will have been learning
8. Henry ___________ the cinema regularly since his childhood.
a) is going
b) has been going
c) will be going
d) has going

9. She ________________ the movie for the last one hour.

a) had been watching
b) is watching
c) has been watching
d) have been watching

10. They have not ____________________ TV much recently.

a) watched
b) been watching
c) watch
d) watching

11. Isabel and Emily __________ the novel since morning.

a) are reading
b) have been reading
c) had reading
d) have read

12. It ___________ snowing.

a) has not been
b) is not
c) had not been
d) have not been

13. Mom _____________ the dinner for the last two hours.
a) have cooked
b) has been cooking
c) is cooking
d) have been cooking

14. They ___________ printing the books for the last five years.
a) have been
b) are
c) will be
d) will have been
15. The trees ____________ blooming since the beginning of spring.
a) are
b) have been
c) has been
d) had been

16. Maria ____________ her novel for two weeks.

a) had been writing
b) has been writing
c) have been writing
d) have being writing

17. Kitty and Alex ____________ the dishes since morning.

a) is washing
b) have been washing
c) are washing
d) have washed

18. The police __________ the smugglers since the beginning of the covert operation.
a) have been arresting
b) is arresting
c) has arrested
d) had arrested

19. He __________ the first prize for the last three years.
a) has been winning
b) is winning
c) had won
d) has won

20. Jackson ___________ for twelve hours.

a) has slept
b) is sleeping
c) has been sleeping
d) has been slept

21. Olivia ___________ her homework problems since morning.

a) has been completed
b) will have been complete
c) is completing
d) has completed
22. Charlotte and Mable have been watching movies _____________.
a) since two hours
b) for two hours
c) for beginning from adulthood
d) since hours

23. All the boys _________ listening to the music for three hours.
a) have been
b) has been
c) had been
d) have being

24. It___________ since evening.

a) rained
b) is raining
c) has been raining
d) has rained

25. How long __________ waiting for?

a) are you
b) has you
c) have you been
d) had you been

26. We ________ in this street for twenty years

a) had lived
b) have lived
c) have been living
d) have been lived

27. _________Bobby been eating noodles since his childhood?

a) has
b) is
c) had
d) have

28. _________ you been seeing this brawl for last ten minutes?
a) have
b) had
c) will
d) has
29. Have they _________ chocolate cake since morning?
a) baking
b) been baking
c) bakes
d) being baking

30. Hot air _____________________ for last twenty minutes

a) has risen
b) had been rising
c) has been rising
d) have been rising

31. My uncle _____________________the television for last six hours

a) have been watching
b) has watched
c) has been watching
d) had watched

32. John and Sue _____________________ the tennis tournament for last 6 years.
a) has win
b) has been winning
c) have won
d) had won

33. The children _________________ sweets for six hours.

a) have been eating
b) have ate
c) are eating
d) have eaten

34. He _________________ in the garden since morning.

a) is working
b) has been working
c) had been working
d) has worked

35. I have _________________ the conference for last two years.

a) attends
b) attended
c) not been attending
d) not attended
36. The workers have been demanding higher wages _________________
a) since a long time
b) for a long time
c) for last year
d) since last year

37. Ella and Sophia _________________ piano for 6 months.

a) have played
b) has been playing
c) have been playing
d) have been played

38. Emily _________________ her lesson since evening

a) have been learning
b) had been learning
c) has been learning
d) has being learning

39. Jacob _________________ a novel for two hours.

a) is reading
b) has been reading
c) was reading
d) had read

40. The factory has not been _________________ cars for last 2 months.
a) produced
b) produce
c) producing
d) produces
 Answer Key

1 c 21 a
2 b 22 b
3 c 23 a
4 c 24 c
5 c 25 c
6 a 26 c
7 a 27 a
8 b 28 b
9 c 29 b
10 b 30 c
11 b 31 c
12 a 32 b
13 b 33 a
14 a 34 b
15 b 35 c
16 b 36 b
17 b 37 c
18 a 38 c
19 a 39 c
20 c 40 c