Read the following fragment and choose the correct tense (Present Perfect or
Present Perfect Continuous):
Our Member of Parliament
We
for him day and night, searching
frantically in places where he is likely to be found. He is nowhere to be seen. Even his wife does not know where he is.
He just vamoosed like that, vanished like thin air. We are not surprised as a matter of fact. He
us with fat lies and the time of reckoning has come. We all believe so.
Since the day we elected him, he
He
our respect and loyalty for granted. He
us for a ride. He thought that we were foolish for electing him.
any of his grand promises.
Naturally, we got fed up with him. At first, we protested against him verbally. He refused to hear us. We took to the
streets and he had the riot police come after us. Time and money were against us, so we left him alone. He continued
abusing us until he disappeared for good.