present perfect continuous tense

past tense of wait is waited.

“I had to wait for her again last week.” – “Did you wait long?” In conversation one may say, how long have you waited. It seems correct. However the better version should be how long have you been waiting, since the continuity of the action is still in progress (or has just finished).

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate tense form.

1. I ………………………. of visiting America.
2. He ………………………. ill since last week.
3. My dog is very silly; he …………………………… after cats. always runs.
4. The steamer …………………………
5. We ………………………..
6. I phoned her because I ……………………….. to talk.
7. I ……………………….. his parents tomorrow.
8. 8. …………………………..

Answer: YOUR ANSWER IS SAW.

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate determiner.

1. Has she got …………… friends?
2. 2. ……………….. children love stories.
3. 3. …………….. the shops are closed on Sundays.
4. 4. ……………. philosophy is concerned with life after death.
5. 5. …………………. these blouses is loose for me.
6. 6. ………….
7. 7. ……………..
8. I have invited ……………

The grammar rules for determiners are that they:

• Always come before a noun.
• Come before any modifiers (e.g. adjectives) used before the noun.
• Are required before a singular noun.
• Are optional before plural nouns.

Determiners in English

• Definite article : the.
• Indefinite articles : a, an.
• Demonstratives: this, that, these, those.
• Pronouns and possessive determiners : my, your, his, her, its, our, their.
• Quantifiers : a few, a little, much, many, a lot of, most, some, any, enough.
• Numbers : one, ten, thirty.

We use the quantifiers much, many, a lot of, lots of to talk about quantities, amounts and degree. We can use them with a noun (as a determiner) or without a noun (as a pronoun).

We use “too much” with countable nouns. We use “too many” with uncountable nouns. “Too much” and “too many” are usually used for negative things. If I like money, I would say “I have too much money.”

Quantifiers are also determiners which modify a noun to indicate its quantity. The quantifiers are any, all, many, much, most, some, a few, and a lot of, a little, a large amount of, none, and the cardinal numbers [one, two, three, four], etc.