Is, Has Been, Have Been
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Fill in the blanks with an appropriate verb form.

1. Grandmother ........................... in hospital.
is
has been

2. He .............................. ill for several weeks.
is
has been

3. She ............................ working at the moment.
is
has been

4. She ........................... working since morning.
is
has been

5. Where .......................... James?
is
has been

6. Where .............................. all this while?
are you
have you been

7. I ......................... cleaning the attic.
am
have been

8. I ............................... cleaning the attic all day.
am
have been

9. What ................................... since you left college?
are you doing
have you been doing

10. She ............................. jobless for several months.
is
has been

11. I ........................... feeling well.
am not
have not been

12. I .......................... feeling well for a while.
am not
have not been
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🟢 Answers 🟢

1. Grandmother is in hospital.
2. He has been ill for several weeks.
3. She is working at the moment.
4. She has been working since morning.
5. Where is James?
6. Where have you been?

7. I am cleaning the attic.
8. I have been cleaning the attic all day.
9. What have you been doing since you left college?
10. She has been jobless for several months.
11. I am not not feeling well.
12. I have not been feeling well for a while.
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Did vs. Had
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Fill in the blanks with did or had.

We did to make questions and negatives in the simple past tense. Had is used before a past participle to make the past perfect tense form.

1. ......................... you receive my email?
Did
Had

2. She ............................... returned even after midnight.
didn't
hadn't

3. What ....................... you do then?
had
did

4. Why ............................. you push me?
did
had

5. ........................ they gone before you arrived?
Did
Had

6. They ........................... already left.
did
had

7. She ................................ reply to my emails.
didn't
hadn't

8. They ......................... left the door open.
did
had

9. Somebody ................................. broken into the house while we were away.
had
did

10. She ............................... lost her ticket.
did
had

11. ......................... you find anything useful?
Did
Had

12. ........................ you see him there?
Did
Had
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🟢 Answers 🟢

1. Did you receive my email?
2. She hadn’t returned even after midnight.
3. What did you do then?
4. Why did you push me?
5. Had they gone before you arrived?
6. They had already left.

7. She didn’t reply to my emails.
8. They had left the door open.
9. Somebody had broken into the house while we were away.
10. She had lost her ticket.
11. Did you find anything useful?
12. Did you see him there?
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