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UNIT 17 Present perfect continuous (l have beel dolng¡ 0r ,\,llT l

present perfect simple (l have done)? .^rr
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Anl's clothes ;rre coverccl in p.rint. fhe ceiling was r.vhite. Norv it's blue.
She has been painting rhe ceiling. Shc has painted the ceiling.

Has bccn painting it ![iZ_q¡S41 Has paintcd is tlgae¡etl

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q his tirrc. the irn¡r,:rtrnt thing is
docs not m:rtter \\ Irether sonrething thar so¡ncthiiig has becn finished, ¡ffe 17.2 T1
hrrs been linishetl or nor. Lr rhe ,ii'i.inrercsteil rn the resLrlt c¡f the a
exlmplc, the actit¡r hirs nr¡¡,[,ccn :rction. not ir.l the ¿rction itsell. E:
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Tc,n¡'s hlnds ¡re r erl clir$ . He The c.rr is going again nou.. fonr 4
has bccn repairing the car. has rcpaired it.
You'vc bce n sm<¡king too rluclt Sornebotly has smoked a11nry cigar-
recently. You shorrlci snrokc lcs s. ettes. The p:rcket is empty.

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r Wc usc thc sizrple form to say horv
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how long sonretl.ring has bccn rrrl'r.h r*. h,trcJonr. h.'u nrlnr thirg.
heppening: \\ c hJVr J, )r(, ñr h,,rr ñt.t rr 1 time. rr e
_have d one sometl.ring :

A¡rn has been'writing Iettels Ann has written ten letters todar .

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Ho*, long have voLr been reading How many pages ofthat book har e
¡h¡t book ? ¡ ou read?
J irn has be en pla,ving tcnnis Jim has played ten¡js th¡ee times
since 2 o'clock. this r.veek.

See llnit I I for more intr¡rmation :rbout thc prcscnt periecr and hol long?.

c) Somc vcrbs ¡rc nt¡¡ usetl in the ct¡nrnuous form, for cxarnple knou. \ r¡u h¡r e ¡o .-rr
have knou'n izol 'have been knou,ing'). For a list of thesc vcrl¡s see Llni¡ -lb.

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