Exercise 27 Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous?

1. Why are your hands dirty? -
Oh, I ____ (work) in the garden

2. They _____
(live) in Seattle since 2004.

3. It's nine o'clock Jack
_______ (teach) us for 5 hours tonight.

4. How long ______
(you / read)?

5. I ______ (work)
at this company since 2010

• 1. Why are your hands dirty? — Oh, I have been working in the garden.
• 2. They have lived / have been living in Seattle since 2004.
• 3. It's nine o'clock. Jack has been teaching us for 5 hours tonight.
• 4. How long have you been reading?
• 5. I have worked / have been working at this company since 2010.

В предложениях 2 и 5 оба варианта часто возможны: Present Perfect звучит более как факт, Present Perfect Continuous подчёркивает длительность действия.

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