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5. The man ______________ to fix the tyre. (try)
6. The doctors ______________ the surgery since 7 am. (perform)
7. The man ______________ in the streets for an hour. (wander)
8. Paras ______________ on the phone for an hour. (talk)
9. The builder ______________ the apartment for six months. (construct)
10. I ______________ the novel since yesterday. (read)
2. Make questions in present perfect continuous tense using the question words given.
1. The children have been playing since 4 o’ clock.
How long _________________________________________________________________________________
2. It has been raining since last night.
How long _________________________________________________________________________________
3. Mother has been baking a cake for an hour.
What ______________________________________________________________________________________
4. Preethi has been doing a computer course for six months.
What ______________________________________________________________________________________
5. She has been taking treatment for a year.
What ______________________________________________________________________________________
B. Idioms
An idiom is a group of words (an expression) that has a meaning different from the literal
meaning of the words in it.
Look at the examples below.
• The men came to blows. (had a physical fight)
• She is feeling under the weather. (feeling ill)
• My friend stood by me through thick and thin. (in bad and good times)
Read the sentences with idioms in bold. Choose their meanings.
1. I will go to watch the movie come rain or shine.
a. in hot weather b. in rain c. no matter what
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