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 <html><p><img id="1383" style="width: 150px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1383_9f8d357c84bb94205897f25f083f110a.png">&nbsp; <b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We'<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">ve been waiting </span>here for two hours.</span></b><br>&nbsp;</p></html> <html><p><img id="1383" style="width: 150px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1383_9f8d357c84bb94205897f25f083f110a.png">&nbsp; <b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We'<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">ve been waiting </span>here for two hours.</span></b><br>&nbsp;</p></html>
 =====Definition===== =====Definition=====
-<html><P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ><B style=""><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>The present perfect continuous is a tense that is used to talk about past and recent activities that have an impact on or a connection with the present. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;</SPAN>It is used to talk about an action which started in the past and continues until now or finished recently.</SPAN></B>&nbsp;</P> <P><BR>&nbsp;</P></html>+<html><P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ><B style=""><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US>The present perfect continuous is a tense that is used to talk about past and recent activities. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;</SPAN>It is used to talk about an action which started in the past and continues until now or finished recently.</SPAN></B>&nbsp;</P> <P><BR>&nbsp;</P></html>
 =====Construction===== =====Construction=====
 <html><P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 78.0pt"><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-US>affirmative:&nbsp;<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>subject + 'have' + 'been' + present participle</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; tab-stops: 78.0pt"><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-US><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>It'<SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">s been snowing</SPAN>.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 78.0pt"><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-US>negative:&nbsp;<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN>subject + 'have' + 'not' + 'been' + present participle</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; tab-stops: 78.0pt"><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-US><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>It <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">hasn't been snowing</SPAN>.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 78.0pt"><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-US>interrogative:&nbsp;<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>'have' + subject + 'been' + present participle</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; tab-stops: 78.0pt"><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-US><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">Has</SPAN> it <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">been snowing</SPAN>?</SPAN></B></P><BR></html> <html><P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 78.0pt"><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-US>affirmative:&nbsp;<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>subject + 'have' + 'been' + present participle</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; tab-stops: 78.0pt"><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-US><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>It'<SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">s been snowing</SPAN>.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 78.0pt"><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-US>negative:&nbsp;<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN>subject + 'have' + 'not' + 'been' + present participle</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; tab-stops: 78.0pt"><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-US><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>It <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">hasn't been snowing</SPAN>.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 78.0pt"><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-US>interrogative:&nbsp;<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>'have' + subject + 'been' + present participle</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; tab-stops: 78.0pt"><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-US><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">Has</SPAN> it <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">been snowing</SPAN>?</SPAN></B></P><BR></html>
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 =====Examples===== =====Examples=====
 <html><table width="0" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <td width="171" valign="middle"><img height="115" id="284" style="width: 113px; height: 92px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/284_b798c403d5765f7b23ccba4ab9f3c154.jpg"></td> <td width="694"> <strong><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'>I'<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">ve been writing </span>this report for two days and I still haven't finished it.</span>&nbsp;</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="middle"><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><img height="147" id="1286" style="width: 110px; height: 105px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1286_a686ae08456a272602fc3f024f207ffc.png"></span></td> <td><strong><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>They'<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">ve been coming </span>to this pub since they were students.</span></span>&nbsp;</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="middle"><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><img height="173" id="423" style="width: 112px; height: 129px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/423_c3946f923a27754e5007efde82e7d94a.jpg"></span></span></td> <td><strong><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'>He'<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">s been looking forward</span> to Christmas for weeks!</span></span></span>&nbsp;</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="middle"><p><img height="100" id="1441" style="width: 113px; height: 73px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1441_ebb44f8e2da096c4cd7294e3965b6f5e.jpg"></p></td> <td><p><strong><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"How long<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> have </span>Katy and Anne <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">been travelling </span>round Europe?"&nbsp;</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'>&nbsp;"Since September. They've visited five countries so far."</span></strong></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><img height="102" id="345" style="width: 110px; height: 76px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/345_3bb3f70056a0d7dd1026d1c29297ff25.png"></td> <td><p><strong><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"So, what <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">have</span> you two <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">been doing </span>since I last saw you?"&nbsp; </span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'>"Well, James <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">has been decorating </span>the kitchen while I'<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">ve been looking </span>for a new job."</span>&nbsp;</strong></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><img height="158" id="542" style="width: 107px; height: 137px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/542_a3a854c6112a0bbdc6c7f816353172b5.jpg"></td> <td><strong><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'>Have</span><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'> you just <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">been eating </span>those biscuits?</span>&nbsp;</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><img height="183" id="1442" style="width: 107px; height: 111px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1442_c1680e5599ac09275c063d951b9129ce.jpg"></span></td> <td><strong><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'>It'<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">s been raining<font color="#000000">.</font></span></span></span></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><img height="100" id="224" style="width: 108px; height: 69px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/224_fdcb13025b0f78d52758a200b4e7965d.jpg"></span></td> <td><strong><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><font color="#000000">I'</font><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">ve been trying </span><font color="#000000">to call you all morning but I couldn't get through earlier. I need to talk to you about a client.</font></span></span>&nbsp;</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><img height="100" id="1440" style="width: 110px; height: 78px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1440_9113a6bfb4f583ddb0b1b8656dc33988.jpg"></span></span></td> <td><strong><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><font color="#000000">She has backache because she'</font><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">s been gardening</span>.</span></span></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td><img height="119" id="540" style="width: 111px; height: 99px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/540_99576b1a3b28ca0b779a9641eb694b93.jpg"></td> <td><strong><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'>They'<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">ve been living </span>with his parents while they decorate their flat.</span></strong></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p><br></p> </html> <html><table width="0" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <td width="171" valign="middle"><img height="115" id="284" style="width: 113px; height: 92px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/284_b798c403d5765f7b23ccba4ab9f3c154.jpg"></td> <td width="694"> <strong><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'>I'<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">ve been writing </span>this report for two days and I still haven't finished it.</span>&nbsp;</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="middle"><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><img height="147" id="1286" style="width: 110px; height: 105px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1286_a686ae08456a272602fc3f024f207ffc.png"></span></td> <td><strong><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>They'<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">ve been coming </span>to this pub since they were students.</span></span>&nbsp;</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="middle"><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><img height="173" id="423" style="width: 112px; height: 129px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/423_c3946f923a27754e5007efde82e7d94a.jpg"></span></span></td> <td><strong><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'>He'<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">s been looking forward</span> to Christmas for weeks!</span></span></span>&nbsp;</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="middle"><p><img height="100" id="1441" style="width: 113px; height: 73px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1441_ebb44f8e2da096c4cd7294e3965b6f5e.jpg"></p></td> <td><p><strong><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"How long<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> have </span>Katy and Anne <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">been travelling </span>round Europe?"&nbsp;</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'>&nbsp;"Since September. They've visited five countries so far."</span></strong></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><img height="102" id="345" style="width: 110px; height: 76px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/345_3bb3f70056a0d7dd1026d1c29297ff25.png"></td> <td><p><strong><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"So, what <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">have</span> you two <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">been doing </span>since I last saw you?"&nbsp; </span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'>"Well, James <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">has been decorating </span>the kitchen while I'<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">ve been looking </span>for a new job."</span>&nbsp;</strong></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><img height="158" id="542" style="width: 107px; height: 137px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/542_a3a854c6112a0bbdc6c7f816353172b5.jpg"></td> <td><strong><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'>Have</span><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'> you just <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">been eating </span>those biscuits?</span>&nbsp;</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><img height="183" id="1442" style="width: 107px; height: 111px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1442_c1680e5599ac09275c063d951b9129ce.jpg"></span></td> <td><strong><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'>It'<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">s been raining<font color="#000000">.</font></span></span></span></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><img height="100" id="224" style="width: 108px; height: 69px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/224_fdcb13025b0f78d52758a200b4e7965d.jpg"></span></td> <td><strong><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><font color="#000000">I'</font><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">ve been trying </span><font color="#000000">to call you all morning but I couldn't get through earlier. I need to talk to you about a client.</font></span></span>&nbsp;</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><img height="100" id="1440" style="width: 110px; height: 78px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1440_9113a6bfb4f583ddb0b1b8656dc33988.jpg"></span></span></td> <td><strong><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><font color="#000000">She has backache because she'</font><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">s been gardening</span>.</span></span></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td><img height="119" id="540" style="width: 111px; height: 99px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/540_99576b1a3b28ca0b779a9641eb694b93.jpg"></td> <td><strong><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'>They'<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">ve been living </span>with his parents while they decorate their flat.</span></strong></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p><br></p> </html>
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