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Perfect Progressive Tense

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Name the correct form of the main verb, which is used in Perfect Continuous Tense.

  1. Past Participle

  2. Past

  3. Present participle

  4. Present

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Correct Option: C

Select the correct answer describing the use of “since” in the Perfect Continuous Tense.

  1. It is used to denote a period of time.

  2. It is used to denote a point of time.

  3. Both (1) and (2)

  4. Neither (1) nor (2)

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The given question refers to the word “since”, which is used for “point of time”.          Answer: (2)

Change the following sentence into Future Perfect Continuous Tense.

She has waited for you for a long time.

  1. She has been waiting for you for a long time.

  2. She had been waiting for you for a long time.

  3. She will have waited for you for a long time.

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The given question refers to Future Perfect Continuous Tense, which makes use of “will have/shall have + been + first form of verb + ing.”  Answer: (4)

Name the tense, which is used in the following sentence.

Children had been shouting in the street for half an hour.

  1. Present Perfect Tense

  2. Past Perfect Tense

  3. Present Perfect Continuous Tense

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The given sentence has “had been”.Hnce, past perfect continous tense is used. Answer: (4)

“Which of the following is used to make a sentence of Present Perfect Continuous Tense?”

  1. have been

  2. has been

  3. both (1) and (2)

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C

“How many Perfect Continuous Tenses are there?”

  1. There are six tenses.

  2. There are three tenses.

  3. There are twelve tenses.

  4. There are nine tenses.

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Correct Option: B

Name the tense that is used in the following sentence.

It will have been snowing for two hours.

  1. Present Perfect Tense

  2. Future Perfect Tense

  3. Past Perfect Tense

  4. Future Perfect Continuous Tense

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The given sentence has “will have been + first form of verb + ing ”. Hence, Answer: (4)

Select the correct answer, which completes the following incomplete sentence.

I had been reading these books for two weeks before _____________.

  1. she had arrived

  2. she arrived

  3. she has arrived

  4. she will have arrived

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

If the main clause is in the Past Perfect Continuous Tense, then the subordinate clause has to be in the Simple Past Tense. Answer: (2)

Directions: Select the correct statement from the following options.

  1. They has been living here from ten years.

  2. They has been living here since ten years.

  3. They have been living here since ten years.

  4. They have been living here for ten years.

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The subject of the given sentence is “They” and as such it must have the use of a plural verb. For a period or duration we use 'for' not 'since'. Answer: (4)

Change the following sentence into Past Perfect Continuous Tense.

“The cooks had cooked the food.”

  1. The cooks have cooked the food.

  2. The cooks will have cooked the food.

  3. The cooks had been cooking the food.

  4. The cooks have been cooking the food.

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

According to the given question, the given sentence has to be changed into Past Perfect Continuous Tense, which will take only “had been + I form of verb + ing” . Answer: (3)

Which of the following options corrects the given sentence?

The teacher has been teaching the class since one hour.

  1. The teacher has been teaching the class from one hour.

  2. The teacher has been teaching the class for one hour.

  3. Neither (1) nor (2)

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: B

“Which kind of verb is used in the Perfect Continuous Tense?”

  1. Present form of the verb

  2. Past form of the verb

  3. Present Participle form of the verb

  4. Past Participle form of the verb

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The given question requires the present participle form of a verb.  Answer: (3)

Directions: Select the correct option to fill in the blank in the following sentence.

The poor beggars _______ since morning.

  1. have bagged

  2. has begged

  3. had bagged

  4. have been begging

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

We use the Present Perfect Continuous to show that something started in the past and has continued up until now. So, the beggars started begging in the morning, but are doing that in present too.     Answer: (4) 

Directions: Select the correct option to fill in the blank in the following sentence with Future Perfect Continuous Tense.

The employees __________ raising slogans against their master for one hour.

  1. will have

  2. has been

  3. will have been

  4. had been

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

As per the requirement of the given sentence, the helping verb “will have been” is to be filled in .

Which of the following arrangements is used in the following tense?

“Future Perfect Continuous Tense”

  1. will + has + IIIrd form of verb

  2. has been + Ist form of verb + ing

  3. had been + Ist form of verb + ing

  4. will have been + Ist form of verb + ing

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

As per the requirement of the given question, we have to use “will have/shall have + been + first form of verb + ing. 

Directions: Select the correct expression from the following options.

  1. The painter had finished polishing the table before we shall reach there.

  2. The painter had finished polishing the table before we have reached there.

  3. The painter had finished polishing the table before we were reaching there.

  4. The painter had finished polishing the table before we reached there.

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

When two actions happen in the past in sequence, the one which happens earlier is stated in past perfect tense and the later event is stated in simple past.    Answer: (4)

Select the correct option to fill in the blank in the following sentence.

The nurse ___________ the wound of the patient ever since the doctor came.

  1. has been dressing

  2. had been dressing

  3. had dressed

  4. will have dressed

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 The doctor's arrival is in the past tense. The nurse's action is part completion (perfect) and part continous. Therefore, present perfect tense (has been) is applicable.

Select the correct option to fill in the blank in the following sentence.

I _________ Luxembourg.

  1. leave

  2. will have

  3. will have been

  4. left

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The given blank requires Simple Past Tense.

Select the correct option to complete the following incomplete sentence.

He had visited many tours before ___________.

  1. has was returning home

  2. he had returned home

  3. he returned home

  4. he will have returned home

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In a complex sentence if the main clause is in the Past Perfect Tense, then the subordinate clause has to be in the Simple Past Tense. Answer: (3)

Select the correct option to fill in the blank in the following sentence.

The sun _____________ in the west.

  1. do not rise

  2. does not rise

  3. both (1) and (2)

  4. none of these

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The given sentence has a singular subject and as such it requires the use of “does not” .        Answer: (2)

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