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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