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d. I’m tired. I’ve been running.

e. It has been raining, the pavement is wet.f. The girl

has been cooking for the last three hours.

g. My grand parents have been attending

the yoga class since 2074.

The above sentences are in the structure s+has/have+been+v4+o.

These sentences state how long an unfinished action continued or

An action started in the past and is still on or finished but has a

result.
This form of tense is called the Present Perfect Continuous/

Progressive Tense.

5.2. Rearrange the following words to make a sentence.

a. have been / three hours / dancing / for / The girls

b. since / have been / my parents / my birthday / staying

/ with / I

c. two hours / has been / the / he / invitation card / the

last / for / designing

d. fighting / for / been / long / the cocks / have

e. the rabbit / the / has been / black dog / chasing

f. last Sunday/ have been / the plumbers / fixing the

pipes / since

g. has been / PUBG / playing / one month / we / for

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