Lumiere English academy
A Basic Grammar
PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE
I have been loving
You use this when you indicate that the situation is still continuing.
An example of this is: "I have been saving for years but I still can't afford to go on a trip overseas."
Using the perfect: "have been" in conjunction with the present participle "loving" gives you the present continuous tense.
1. I (struggle) ................... to pay off my accounts for the past two years
(have been struggling)
2. We (pray) .............. for your recovery ever since we heard of your illness
(have been praying)
3. Ever since her wedding her husband's brother (annoy) ................. her
(has been annoying)
4. From the first day he started school that boy (do) ................ his level best
(has been doing)
5. They (struggle) ................ to survive because of the husband's retrenchment
(have been struggling)
6. They (work) .......... hard on their radical change of management style
(have been working)
7. Whereas the older son (work) ............. for years, the younger is very lazy
(has been working)
8. Because she (run) ................. several shops,she has been making money
(has been running)
9. Jack (date) ............ Penny for years, yet he does not want to marry her
(has been dating)
10. Though Jane (spend) ................. a fortune on clothes, she still looks untidy
(has been spending)
11. Mary (save) ................ for a car for two years now (has been saving)
12. I (try) ......................... to reach you on the phone all afternoon (have been trying)
13. Joe and Pete (battle) ..................... all day to get the car started (have been battling)
14. The indigent woman (wait) ........................ for a pension (has been waiting)
15. For the past three months she (bake) ....................... biscuits to raise school funds
(has been baking)
16. Isaac (fish) ................ for hours but has caught nothing (has been fishing)
17. The students know their teacher (plan) ...................... a surprise for them all
(has been planning)
18. Ever since he wrote maths, he (await) ..................... his results (has been awaiting)
19. You (irritate) ............................ the life out of me with your constant demands
(have been irritating)
20. Now the news is out, Jake (competing) .................. for the award
(has been competing)
21. She (sing) .................... professionally ever since completing her training
(has been singing)
22. The car she (drive) ....................... for fifteen years is now failing (has been driving)
23. Anne (strive) ...................... to come first in class to please her parents
(has been striving)
24. Bella (hope) ................... to speak to explain her mistake
(has been hoping)
Dr Luky Whittle
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