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3. Anand has been watering the lawn for the last thirty minutes.
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4. Julie has been teaching at the university since January.
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5. We have been waiting at the bus stop for over an hour.
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6. He had been watching the film for two hours.
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7. Rohan has been playing cricket for three hours.
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8. She has been waiting for you all day.
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Practice Time 4

Rewrite the given sentences as instructed in brackets. Do not change the meaning of the
sentences.
1. She does not play badminton since she passed out of school. (past perfect continuous)
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2. The bus is leaving every morning at 6 a.m. (future perfect continuous)
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3. The train left at 5 p.m. (present perfect continuous)
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4. He forgets his wallet in the car. (past perfect continuous)
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5. Were they keeping the party a secret? (future perfect continuous)
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6. They are cutting down all the trees on the mountain slope. (future perfect continuous)

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7. I am writing a cover letter. (past perfect continuous)
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Listening & Speaking Time

The students will carefully listen to the teacher speak out five sentences. They have
to pay attention to the verbs and speak aloud these sentences into present perfect
continuous, past perfect continuous, and future perfect continuous tenses.
The teacher can speak other sentences till every student participates into this
activity.
(The listening text is given at the end of the book.)

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