Perfect Continuous Tenses

The Perfect Continuous Tenses are also known as _____.

• Perfect Simple Tenses

• Perfect Tenses

• Perfect Progressive Tenses

• Present, Past and Future Perfect

The auxiliary of the Perfect Continuous Tenses is _____.

• the verb "to be"

• "do" and "does"

• "did"

• The verb "to have"

• "will"

It has _____ snowing a lot this week.

• be

• being

• been

Rick _____ been watching TV for five hours when I got home.

• has

• had

• will have

My father _____ been working in that company for 25 years by the time he retires.

• has

• had

• will have

My mother has been travelling _____ two months.

• since

• for

• by

• how long

I've been _____since 5 o'clock in the morning.

• study

• studies

• studied

• studying

Write the verb in the correct Perfect Continuous form:

Sarah (a)   (read) that book for 3 months by the time she finishes it.

We use the Perfect Continuous Tenses to _____.

• emphasize in the duration of an event

• express daily routines

• show an action which is happening at an specific moment

• relate an action with another action

Write the verb in the correct Perfect Continuous form:

I (a)   (wait) for Ana for three hours when she called me.