Question

Put the Verbs in brackets into the correct tense form. (Present Perfect/Present Perfect Continius) 1. She __________(to cook) dinner for three hours2. Do you like this cake? I __________ (to bake) it since morning. 3. I __________(not to play) the piano since childhood. 4. She ___________(to look) for a rich man all her life and now she has found one. 5. I ____________(not to swim) in the ocean yet.​

Answer 1

1) She has been cooking dinner for three hours.

2) Do you like this cake? I have been baking it since morning.

3) I have not played the piano since childhood.

4) She has been looking for a rich man all her life and now she has found one.

5) I have not swum in the ocean yet.

Answer 2

Certainly! Let's put the verbs in the correct tense form, either Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous:

1. She has been cooking dinner for three hours. (Present Perfect Continuous)

2. Do you like this cake? I have been baking it since morning. (Present Perfect Continuous)

3. I have not played the piano since childhood. (Present Perfect)

4. She has looked for a rich man all her life, and now she has found one. (Present Perfect)

5. I have not swum in the ocean yet. (Present Perfect)

Explanation:

1. Present Perfect Continuous is used when an action started in the past, is still ongoing, and is relevant to the present moment. In this case, the action of cooking dinner started in the past and is still happening, so we use Present Perfect Continuous.

2. Similar to the first sentence, baking the cake started in the past and is still ongoing, so Present Perfect Continuous is used.

3. Present Perfect is used when we want to express the idea that an action happened at an indefinite time before now, and the focus is on the result of the action. In this case, the action of not playing the piano started in the past and has a result in the present (not playing).

4. Present Perfect is used to indicate that the action of looking for a rich man occurred at some indefinite time in the past and is relevant to the present (she has found one).

5. Present Perfect is used when the exact time of the action is not specified, but it has relevance to the present. In this case, the action of not swimming in the ocean yet started in the past and has a result in the present.