Date: September 26th GUIDE # 04

Name:Anuar Hinestroza Rodríguez

Program: Administración de Empresas

PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE

“If you really want to

do something, you'll
find a way. If you
don't, you'll find an
excuse."
PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE

USE 1 Duration from the Past until Now

We use the Present Perfect Continuous to show that something started in the past and has continued
up until now. "For five minutes," "for two weeks," and "since Tuesday" are all durations which can be
used with the Present Perfect Continuous.

Examples:
• They have been talking for the last hour.
• She has been working at that company for three years.
• What have you been doing for the last 30 minutes?
• James has been teaching at the university since June.

USE 2 Recently, Lately

You can also use the Present Perfect Continuous WITHOUT a duration such as "for two weeks." Without
the duration, the tense has a more general meaning of "lately." We often use the words "lately" or
"recently" to emphasize this meaning.
Examples:
• Recently, I have been feeling really tired.
• She has been watching too much television lately.
• Have you been exercising lately?
• Mary has been feeling a little depressed.
• Lisa has not been practicing her English.
Practice Writing

1. Read the dialog and fill in the blanks using the Present Perfect Continuous and the verb in
brackets
Josh: Hello Chun, very nice to see you again! How much time has it been? Five years?
Chun: Yes, I think so. Good to see you, too!
Josh: You look so beautiful! What _have_ you (do) been doing ?
Chun: Well, I (travel) _have been traveling_____ around the world, working as an air hostess. What
about you?
Josh: Awesome! I (work) __have been working______ at an important law firm since I graduated
from high school.
Chun: What happened to Vicky? Did you marry her?
Josh: Yes, I did. We (live) __have been living in Bogotá since then.
Chun: Ah! Congratulations! Please, say hello to her for me.
Josh: Very nice talking to you. I have to go, but let´s have lunch next week!
Chun: OK. Great idea!

2. Unscramble the sentences according to the conversation in the Exercise No 1

a. At / a / law / firm / working / been / has / He

_____He has been working at a law firm________________
b. since / our / graduation / He / has / been / Bogota / in / living
_____He has been living in Bogotá since our graduation_______
c. has / studying / since / law / been / He / 2010
______He has been studying law since 2010_____________

3. Find 9 verbs in the word puzzle and write them in the box below adding –ing.

A B C D E F G H A
I J T R A V E L R
K L I M U N O P R
Q R E S T N U V I
P R E P A R E B V
W X Y T Z A L I E
C D A E F B U Y G
H H I J K L M N O
C P Q R M O V E S

1. __Chatting___ 2. __Traveling__ 3. __Lying___ 4. __Buying___

5. ___Moving___ 6. ____Going______ 7. ___Resting_ 8. __Arriving_ 9. _Preparing_

4. Complete the sentences using “have” or “has” and verbs from exercise 3.

• My neighbors __have__ been _moving_ to their new house since last week.

• You __have___ been __traveling__ by car around the country

• Joe ___has___ been ____going_____ every day at the park
• My brother and I __have__ been __arriving__ late for class since the beginning of the
semester.
• Jessica ___has___ been __preparing____ her school presentation.
 • Sophie and Louis __have__ been ____buying__ books for own new library.
• Nelson ___has___ been ___chatting___ with his friend Tina for one hour.
• The thief ___has__ been ___lying_____ to the police all morning.
• Carol _has___ been __resting___ all week in her house. She didn´t go to work.

5. Look at the pictures and write sentences using the “Present Perfect Continuous” and the given
words.

a. They / play / all weekend

b. They / dance / all night
They have been playing
They have been dancing
all weekend.
All night

c. The baby / cry / all night d. Jhon / write / novel / all

month
The baby has been Jhon has been writing
crying all night novel all month

6. Match the questions with the answers below.

a. What have you been doing?
b. How long have you been working?
c. What have you been reading?
d. Have you been traveling
e. Have you studied any foreign language
_b_ I have been working for ten hours.
_a_ I have been studying.
_e_ Yes, I have. I have studied Portuguese
_c_ I have been reading a novel.
_d_ Yes, I have.

7. Look at the pictures and complete the sentences. Use the “Present Perfect Continuous”

They have been cooking I have been studying

for half an hour.
English since last week.

It has been raining

He has been working

all day.
very hard this week.

8. Find the mistakes in the followings sentences and correct them

• I have be working all day
• She been sleeping all afternoon
• We have decorating our house for Christmas
Christmas_
• Have you been study?
• He have been reading my book
__I have been working all day_____
__She has sleeping all afternoon_______
_We have been decorating our house for
___Have you been studying?__________
__He has been reading my book_______