Question

5. People
(commit) fewer crimes in this
neighborhood since last year.
6. She
(tie) bows on the presents all day
7. Lots of trees in the forest
(dic) because of this very
dry summer
* The criminal
(lie) to the police all along!
9. The workers
(lake) a lot of breaks today because the
weather is het
10. The mayor
(approve) lots of construction projects
this year​

Answer 1

Answer:

5.people have been committing fewer crimes in this neighbourhood since last year

6.she has been tying bows on the presents all day

7.lots of trees in the forest have been dying because of this very dry summer

8. the criminals have been lying to the police all along

9. the workers have been taking a lot of breaks today because the weather is hot

10. the mayor has been approving lots of construction projects this year

Explanation:

first thing to do is to identify the time in the statement, words like "this year" "all along" "since last year" imply that this activity has been going on for long

if you know the activity has been going on for long, look for the verb(the word describing the action) in question 5 it is commit, in question 6 it is tie in 7 it is die, once you find the verb add "ing"to the back, commit becomes commiting, tie becomes tying, die becomes dying

now, last thing is to add "has been"or "have been" in front of the verb. you will see that each sentence will either mention a group of people or just one singular person, if its a group of people it will be have been, followed by the verb+ing if singular, has been+ verb+ing

hope this helped :)