“I'm waiting here since ten o'clock.”
What's wrong? Choose the right one.
Something that started in the past and is still going on takes I have been doing (or I have done) with for, since or all day, not I'm doing.
Not: I'm waiting here since ten o'clock.
Say: I've been waiting here since ten o'clock.
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Questions where people make this mistake.
THE QUESTIONS
- I ______ for this test since last Monday.studied · have been studying · am studying
- Alex and I ______ on the phone for two hours, and my ear hurts!chat · have been chatting · are chatting
- We ______ for the client to reply to our email for three days now.waited · are waiting · have been waiting
- He's got a headache because he ______ at spreadsheets all morning.stares · has been staring · is staring
- I ______ to come up with a good idea for the project for hours, but I still have nothing.had tried · am trying · try · have been trying
- Jamal ______ for a new laptop since the summer, and he's nearly got enough.saved · is saving · has been saving
Show the answers
- have been studyingnot studied: I did for something still going onnot am studying: I'm doing or I do with how long
- have been chattingnot chat: I'm doing or I do with how longnot are chatting: I'm doing or I do with how long
- have been waitingnot waited: I did for something still going onnot are waiting: I'm doing or I do with how long
- has been staringnot stares: I'm doing or I do with how longnot is staring: I'm doing or I do with how long
- have been tryingnot try: I'm doing or I do with how longnot am trying: I'm doing or I do with how long
- has been savingnot saved: I did for something still going onnot is saving: I'm doing or I do with how long