Present perfect continuous tense worksheet for CBSE grade 6

The present perfect continuous tense is used to talk about actions and situations that started in the past and have continued up to the present and is still continuing.

Consider this sentence.

Raju has been working on that project since March. (= Raju started working on that project in March. He is still working on it.)

Complete the following sentences using verbs in the present perfect continuous tense.

1. I ------------------- (wait) for his call since morning.

2. She ----------------------- (look) for a job since May.

3. It ---------------------- (snow) for a week.

4. He ----------------------- (learn) the violin for six months.

6. Rahul ----------------------- (try) to fix that radio since morning.

7. Dad ------------------------- (work) in the garden since morning.

8. The baby ----------------------- (sleep) for hours.

9. We ---------------------- (live) in this city since 1985.

10. The farmers ---------------------- (plough) their fields since morning.

Answers

1. I have been waiting for his call since morning.

2. She has been looking for a job since May.

3. It has been snowing for a week.

4. He has been learning the violin for six months.

6. Rahul has been trying to fix that radio since morning.

7. Dad has been working in the garden since morning.

8. The baby has been sleeping for hours.

9. We have been living in this city since 1985.

10. The farmers have been ploughing their fields since morning.

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Tenses worksheet for grade 10 CBSE
CBSE class 10 English grammar - sentence completion exercise 1
CBSE class 10 English grammar - sentence completion exercise 2
Degrees of comparison exercises
Simple present tense worksheet
Using adjective clauses
Since or For
Using since and for: grammar exercise
Joining two sentences into a single compound sentence