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English 2: ‘Present Perfect vsPresent Perfect Continuous

Teacher: Victoria E. Quisoboni Date: May 16th, 2020

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE OR CONTINUOUS

 We use the present perfect continuous/progressive to talk about an action or situations which began in the
past and are still happening or have just stopped. It is often used with how long, for and since.
E.g.: The journalist has been working very hard this week.
P res ent P erfect P rogres s ive Some Time Markers
Affirmative S ubject have/has been verb + ing complement for s ince
S he has been s leeping for ten hours . how long… lately
Negative S ubject have/has not been verb + ing complement recently this morning
I have not been reading that book all day all/next week
Question Have/has s ubject been verb + ing complement? thes e days for a long time
Have you been working on the project? S till Yet

I. Put the verbs in brackets in either the Present Perfect Simple or the Present Perfect Continuous.

1. I have been taking (take) a French course for 5 months and the teacher says I am a fast learner.

2. A) Someone have left (leave) the ladder outside, look. I expect that’s Brain. He has been cleaning (clean)

windows. And I don’t think he had finished (finish) yet.

3. Jessy has been taking (take) driving lessons and next week she is going to take a driving test.

4. I have been living (live) in Sue’s flat and when I find a new house, I will move.

5. Please don’t go in. I have just swept (sweep) the floor.

6. I have eaten (eat) 8 chocolates up to now.

7. A- Are you hungry? B- No, I’m not. I have been eating (eat) chocolates all day.

8. The young children have been making (make) a snowman all morning.

9. I have broken (break) my arms twice within 2 years.

10. I’m tired. I have been playing (play) tennis all afternoon.

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II. Choose the correct form of the verb:

1) I (have had/ have been) having some family problems lately.

2) She (has loved / has been) loving chocolate since she was a child.

3) It (has snowed / has been) snowing a lot this week.

4) (Have you studied / have you been studying) hard this semester?

5) How long (have you been/ have you been being) in town.

6) I (have read/ have been reading) this book all afternoon.

III. Reading Comprehension. Read and then answer the questions using the present continuous when possible.

I’ve been sitting on the beach and eating an ice-cream. Alice and Paul have been swimming in the sea and Tom

has been in the park. He´s been playing with a friend. Peter has been listening to the radio and reading.

We’ve been having a fantastic holiday. Abercwm is a little fishing village in north Wales with a park, a castle,

some Roman remains and some lovely gardens, and there’s a little fishing port with a lighthouse. Everybody

here has been really friendly since we came here. I think we’ve been very lucky. This is our second holiday

this year and we’ve been doing just what we have wanted to do. We’ve been sleeping, eating and playing games

during all this time. The food has been lovely too.

1) What´s the author of the text been doing?

He has been sitting on the beach and eating an ice-cream.

2) What have Alice and Paul been doing?

Alice and Paul have been swimming in the sea

3) What has Peter been doing?

He has been playing with a friend in the park.

4) Where has Tom been?

He has been in the park

5) Where´s Abercwm?

It´s in north Wales

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Vocabulary:

Remains= Ruinas; Fishing Village= Pueblito pesquero; Lighthouse= Faro; Lucky= Con suerte; Friendly= Amigable;

Castle= Castillo; Garden = Jardín; holiday=Vacaciones; lovely= encantador.

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