Exercise 1.1

Complete the sentences with a verb in the Present Perfect Continuous tense form.

 

argue do increase live
make ring shout study
surf think try work

 

1. I have been making a pie. That’s why my hands are all covered with flour.

2. His mobile … for fifteen minutes. I wonder why he doesn’t answer it.

3. He … extra hours. That’s why he looks so tired.

4. You … English for a year and don’t even know the alphabet!

5. We … about it for the past three hours and haven’t come to an arrangement yet.

6. You … at each other for over an hour. Perhaps you should stop now.

7. I … to upgrade my computer recently. I’ve spent a fortune!

8. You are shaking like a leaf. I wonder what you … .

9. He … in Seattle for a few months.

10. I … of buying a netbook lately.

11. The world population … very fast recently.

12. You … the Internet for the last four hours! Isn’t it time to stop?