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Exercise 8. Rewrite the following sentences using present perfect continuous tense
of the verbs given in the brackets:
have been any
1. 1 (try) to solve this crossword puzzle for at least two hours. I am nowhere near the end.
2. She (pore) pver that novel since she got up in the morning.is she reading a crime thriller?
3. The water (boil) for several minutes. Why don't you pour it in kettle?
4. Soumya (look) for a better job for quite some time now. Hasn't she found anything suitable?
5. It seems as if I (stand) in this queue for ages. it has not moved a bit.
6. You have a fascinating coin collection. Since when (you collect) coins?
7. (Somebody use) my camera? I find its battery completely discharged.
8. How long (you wait) here? Has no school bus passed this way? ​

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2.she had been pore that novel since she got up in the morning.is she reading a crime thriller

3. the water had been boiling for several minutes. why don't you pour it in kettle

4.soumya had been looking for a better job for quiet some time now .hasn't she found any thing suitable

5.it had been seems that if I stand in the queue for ages .it has not mooved a bit

6.you had been a fascinating coin collection .since when you collect coins

7.somebody had been using muly camera I find its battery completely discharged

8.how you have been waiting here has no school bus. passed this away