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Question 1: It’s been raining ________ today morning.

(A) since

(B) for

(C) until

(D) till

Question 2: I’m tired of waiting. We’ve been sitting here ________ an hour.

(A) for

(B) since

(C) from

(D) Not Any

Question 3: They are studying ________ three hours today.

(A) since

(B) for

(C) last

(D) at

Question 4: Smita has joined the school ________ three years.

(A) to

(B) on

(C) since

(D) for

Question 5: I have been here ________ three years.

(A) since

(B) for

(C) from

(D) by

Question 6: Ramesh has been in India ________ Tuesday.

(A) since

(B) for

(C) ago

(D) from

Question 7: He has been playing ________ tea break.

(A) for

(B) from

(C) since

(D) till

Question 8: We have been in USA ________ 1997.

(A) for

(B) from

(C) since

(D) about

Question 9: We have been saluting the national flag ________ 1947.

(A) since

(B) after

(C) for

(D) because

Question 10: Suraj has been living here ________ October 2019.

(A) for

(B) since

(C) still

(D) from

Question 11: He has been living in Bombay ________ last ten years.

(A) for

(B) by

(C) since

(D) before

Question 12: Don’t disturb your father, he ________ his books since early this morning.

(A) arranged

(B) had arranged

(C) has been arranging

(D) has arranged

Question 13: The construction company of Shri Dinesh Agarwal ________ the bridge at Vastrapur for several months.

(A) has been building

(B) has builded

(C) had been building

(D) is building

Question 14: The students ________ French for a long time.

(A) has learnt

(B) have been learning

(C) learned

(D) was learning

Question 15: It ________ here for last two days.

(A) is raining

(B) rains

(C) rained

(D) has been raining

Question 16: She and I ________ for you for more than two hours.

(A) have been cooking

(B) had cooked

(C) has been cooking

(D) have cook

Question 17: Rinku ________ working since morning.

(A) has being

(B) are

(C) have been

(D) has been

Question 18: They’ve lived here ________ 2018.

(A) since

(B) for

(C) about

(D) in

Question 19: Atul has been serving ________ three years.

(A) for

(B) by

(C) from

(D) since

Question 20: Don’t disturb your father, he ________ his books since early this morning.

(A) arranged

(B) had arranged

(C) has been arranging

(D) has arranged

Question 21: A group of women ________ the compound for an hour.

(A) has been sweeping

(B) have been sweeping

(C) has swept

(D) are sweeping

Question 22: The Reserve Bank of India ________ since 1935.

(A) operates

(B) has operated

(C) is operating

(D) has been operating

Question 23: I ________ chess with him ever since I ________ to live here ten years ago.

(A) have been playing/came

(B) play/come

(C) have been playing/have

(D) am playing/have came

Question 24: We ________ on a vaccine for the last two years.

(A) have been working

(B) working

(C) work

(D) works

Question 25: Ram and I ________ chess since morning.

(A) have been playing

(B) play

(C) am playing

(D) have played

Question 26: He ________ for her since morning.

(A) waits

(B) waited

(C) has waited

(D) has been waiting

Question 27: Mr. Shah ________ ill for the last five days.

(A) was

(B) is

(C) has been

(D) has

Question 28: They ________ a new business for five years.

(A) have been starting

(B) have started

(C) started

(D) did started

Question 29: He seems to know a lot about you. How long have you ________ him.

(A) known

(B) knew

(C) knowing

(D) knowing

Question 30: She ________ really well for herself since she moved out of the village.

(A) has been done

(B) have been doing

(C) has done

(D) has been

Question 31: I waited for my friend ________ six hours.

(A) from

(B) till

(C) for

(D) since

Question 32: Sheetal ________ Japanese language for five years.

(A) has been studying

(B) study

(C) was studied

(D) has studied

Question 33: This bicycle ________ in our family for fourteen years. My father used it for the first five years, my brother rode it for the next five and I ________ it for the last four.

(A) has/have had

(B) had/have been

(C) has been/have had

(D) was/had been

Question 34: Kushan has been ________ in U.S.A. for 10 years.

(A) lived

(B) lives

(C) living

(D) left

Question 35: It has been raining here ________ morning.

(A) by

(B) for

(C) since

(D) till

Question 36: I have been waiting for my friend ________ the past three hours.

(A) at

(B) for

(C) of

(D) since

Question 37: I have been here ________ three years.

(A) from

(B) by

(C) for

(D) since

Question 38: Mayank ________ overtime for the last two weeks.

(A) is working

(B) has been working

(C) is being working

(D) does