Question

Exercise 4
Fill in the following blanks with correct tense (present perfect cont.) of the
verbs given in brackets:
1. It ......
... outside for half an hour. (hail)
2. The storm
since 4 O'clock. (howl)
3.1.......... for the bus since morning. (wait)
4. Since when ...... you in this school? (read)
5. It ............ not ............. since midnight. (rain)
6. She ...
...... midnight oil for five years. (burn)
7. 1............. for the examination for one year. (prepare)
8. Malaria .... in this city since July. (rage)
9. How long ..... you
..... for me? (wait)
10. The washerman .......... our clothes since 1985. (wash)​

Answer 1

Explanation:

1) is hailing

2)is howling

3)am waiting

4)are you reading

5)is not raining

6)is burning

7)am perparing

9)are you waiting

10)is washing

Answer 2

Answer:

(1) hailing

(2) howling

(3) have been waiting