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Wangqh2696122 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Tenses

1) I __________ on the sofa because my grandparents have been here for the weekend.
A. have slept B. am sleeping
2) We ____ too much money because we have a lot of friends and relatives coming around recently.
A. have spent B. are spending
Answer:
1) B; 2) A

I cannot see the substantial difference between the two sentences. For Sentence 1, I think the answer should be "am sleeping" or "have been sleeping"; for Sentence 2, I think A and B are both correct.
  

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1 - have been sleeping 2 - are spending (also have been spending)

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1 - have been sleeping
2 - are spending (also have been spending)
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wangqh26961221) I ________ on the sofa because my grandparents have been here for the weekend. In my opinion, the underlined is not correct grammar. It should be 'grandparents are here for the weekend'.'
A. have slept
B. am sleeping B is c
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canadian45 In my opinion, the underlined is not correct grammar. It should be 'grandparents are here for the weekend'.'
I see nothing wrong with " my grandparents have been here for the weekend".
wangqh2696122) I ________ on the sofa because my grandparents have been here for the weekend.A. have slept B. am sleeping
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fivejedjon I see nothing wrong with " my grandparents have been here for the weekend".
With the use of present perfect, I would have to guess that the intended meaning is that the grandparents are still here. And if so, I hope that no one is teaching that the underlined is the preferred way to express that.

'are here for the weekend' is
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