Forming the Present Perfect Progressive

Directions: Combine these sentences to create a new sentence in the present perfect progressive.

1. Sidney takes flying lessons. He started in October.
2. Dan works for a bank. He started last summer.
3. Taylor started acting. Her first play was last month.
4. Sean loves to snowboard. His first lesson was last year.
5. Earlier this year, Grace climbed her first mountain, and she loves it.
6. The radio plays this band’s music all the time. Their first album was released in 2006.
7. Arthur loves baking cookies. The first batch he baked two years ago were burnt, but he has improved since then.
8. Michele studies at the University of Oregon. She started in 2011.
9. Ever since Marcus began taking archery lessons in the spring, (10) he hasn’t been able to talk about anything else.

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