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Pick out the finite verb in the following sentence: The professor has been working on the last chapter of the book since March. - English

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Pick out the finite verb in the following sentence:

The professor has been working on the last chapter of the book since March.

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has been working

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Chapter 4.1 The Summit
Grammar | Q a) 1 b) | Page 122

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