1. The children (play) ............ .............. .............. outside all day. They must be getting hungry by now. They need to come inside for dinner.

2. This week, we (read) ............. ............ .............. selections from the Romantic Period in Literature class. My favorite Romantic authors are Poe and Hawthorne.

3. Lu Peng (make) ............. ................ ................ bread all day. It smells so good! His bakery is next door to our shop.

4. The construction workers (build) ................... .................... ................... that house all winter.

5. Thay (not, work) ................. ................. ................ ................. on it this week, though, because it (rain) .................. ................. .................. every day since Monday.

6. The roses (not, bloom) .................... ...................... ..................... ......................
much lately.
We (not, water) .............. ................ ............... ............... them enough. The soil is getting dry.

1-have been playing2-we are going to read3-has been making4-had been building5-are not going to work;it has been raining