Present Perfect Continuous useful for students

Helps students with tenses

1. Present Perfect continuous Ala Ali

2. Meaning and Use What’s the difference between these two sentences? I’ve been reading that new book you lent me…I’m really enjoying it. It that Joe? I’ve been trying to contact you…I’ve got some bad news.

3. Meaning and use Meaning and Form We use the present perfect continuous to talk about an activity that started in the past and is continuing now or just recently finished. Examples: She ’s already been sleeping for two hours. It ’s been raining all morning. I’ ve been decorating the house this summer.

4. Meaning and Form When we use the present perfect continuous for situations that have recently finished, we often use the adverb: JUST. Example: ‘You’ve got paint all over your T-shirt.’ ‘Oh, I ’ve just been painting the living room.’

5. Form The present perfect continuous is made with: Positive & Negative Forms: subject + have/has/haven’t/hasn’t + been + present participle of main verb. Question Form: Have/ has (not) + subject + present participle?

6. Practice Exercise Q: Put the verbs into the correct form (present perfect progressive). 1. He (work)___________________________ in this company since 1985. 2. How long (learn / you)________________________________________________ English? 3. I (live)__________________________________________________ without electricity for two weeks. 4. The film (run / not)_____________________________________ for ten minutes yet, but there’s a commercial break already. 5. She (not / be) _____________________________________ in the garden for more than an hour.

7. Practice Exercise Q: Put the verbs into the correct form (present perfect progressive). 1. He (work)__ has been working_ _ in this company since 1985. 2. How long (learn / you)___ have you been learning __ English? 3. I (live)_ ’ve/have been living _ without electricity for two weeks. 4. The film (run / not)_ hasn’t been running __ for ten minutes yet, but there’s a commercial break already. 5. She (not / be) ___ hasn’t been being __ in the garden for more than an hour.

8. Time expressions Time expressions with at at one o'clock / 2:30pm at breakfast / dinner / lunchtime at noon / midday / night at the weekend Time expressions with on on 3rd May on Christmas Day on Saturday morning Time expressions with in in the morning / afternoon / evening in spring / summer / autumn / winter in 1996

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