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Present Perfect Continuous

The document discusses the present perfect continuous tense. It focuses on actions that began in the past and continue in the present. Some key points: - It is used with action verbs to talk about incomplete or ongoing actions over a period of time. - It can refer to a complete action that started in the past and ended just before the present. - It uses the form "have/has been -ing" and focuses on the duration of an action.

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Present Perfect Continuous

The document discusses the present perfect continuous tense. It focuses on actions that began in the past and continue in the present. Some key points: - It is used with action verbs to talk about incomplete or ongoing actions over a period of time. - It can refer to a complete action that started in the past and ended just before the present. - It uses the form "have/has been -ing" and focuses on the duration of an action.

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Present perfect

continuous
Present perfect continuous
. It’s similar to the present perfect simple but it can’t be used with
state verbs (ex: know; love; want; see...). It is used with action
verbs (ex: write; run; eat; play...)

. It focuses on the duration of the action.


It started raining this morning. It is STILL raining now.

* It has been raining all day.


Present perfect continuous
USES
We use the present perfect continuous to talk about
incomplete actions that started in the past and continue up to
the present.

“I have been living in Portugal since 1994.”

1994 Present
Present perfect continuous
USES
The present perfect continuous may also refer to a complete
action that started somewhere in the past and ended just before
the present.

“Where have you been? I’ve been waiting for you for ages!”

I started I stopped
waiting waiting
half an when you
hour ago. arrived.

Past Present
Present perfect continuous
FORM

have / BEEN verb +


has -ING

Have / has + been + -ing


Susan has been listening to music all morning. – AFFIRMATIVE

Haven’t / hasn’t + been + -ing


I haven’t been working much work lately! – NEGATIVE
Have / has + subject + been + -ing
How long have they been talking on the phone? – INTERROGATIVE
Present perfect continuous
KEY WORDS

 FOR – I’ve been working in this hospital for 5 years.

 SINCE – They have been living in the same house


since 1984.
Present perfect continuous
EXAMPLES

Lucy started work at 9 a.m. She is still working.

Lucy has been working since nine o’clock.

Mark and Ann started going out They are still going
two years ago. out now.

Mark and Ann have been going out for two years.
Present perfect continuous
PRACTICE
Put the right form of the verbs in brackets in the present perfect
continuous:

1. My father ____________________
has been practising medicine for 20 years.
(practise)

2. Don’t wake her up just yet. She _________________


has been revising all night for
her exams. (revise)

3. I finished school two years ago. I __________________


have been looking for a job in
the textile industry but I haven’t found anything yet! (look)
Present perfect continuous
PRACTICE

4. How long ____


has your daughter ______________?
been job-sharing (job-share)

5. Our boss is supervising the two new employees and what they
do. How long have
____ they ______________
been working here? (work)

6. I found a new job as a company manager. I _________________


have been trying
to tell my employer that I want to leave but I don’t know how to. (try)
Present perfect continuous
PRACTICE

According to the information given, write a suitable sentence


using the present perfect continuous.

1. Janet worked as a teacher. She stopped in 2003. (not / work)

Janet hasn’t been working as a teacher since 2003.


_________________________________________________

2. Peter attended an interview this morning. It’s 11 o’clock.


He isn’t home yet. (attend)

Peter has been attending an interview since this morning.


__________________________________________________
Present perfect continuous
PRACTICE

3. My friends and I are trying to find a job. We started looking


around lunchtime and now it’s 7 o’clock. (look)

My friends and I have been looking for a job since lunch time.
__________________________________________________

4. The factory workers started complaining about their cut in wages


a month ago. They’re still complaining now. (complain)

___________________________________________________
The factory workers have been complaining about the cut in
_____________________
their wages for a month.

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