Present Perfect

Continuous
Present Perfect Continuous
Let’s look at some examples of sentences with the Present
Perfect Continuous:
 We have been writing an article on
youth culture for three hours.

 Teenagers have been paying more

attention to politics lately.
Remember…
GRAMMAR
PRACTICE
1. What have these people been doing?

a. We ______________________
have been rehearsing
(rehearse) all day long.

b. They ____________________
have been working
(work) on their presentation.
1. What have these people been doing?

c. She ____________________
has been reading
(read) for two hours now.

d. The teens ____________________

have been texting
(text) during the break.
2. Put the verb in brackets in the Present Perfect Simple or
the Present Perfect Continuous.

has just recorded

a. She _______________________ (just / record) a new album.
has not been rehearsing (not / rehearse) hard all day.
b. He _________________________

have been standing

c. They _______________________ (stand) in that queue for hours now.

d. How long _______________________ (wait)? You look angry.

have you been waiting
 3. Make sentences in the Present Perfect Continuous.

a. your podcasts / all afternoon / you / listen to / ?

Have you been listening to your podcasts all afternoon?
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b. what / you / do / lately / ?

What have you been doing lately?
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c. she / since last month / her house / redecorate / .

They have been painting their house since last month.
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GRAMMAR CLINIC
Diagnose and treat the grammar virus in each sentence.
a. Has he repairing the robot the whole week?
Has he been repairing the robot the whole week?
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b. Shane has playing the piano for two years now.
Shane has been playing the piano for two years now.
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c. We have been watch the new season of the series.
We have been watching the new season of the series.
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d. I has not been studying Japanese since 2010.
I have not been studying Japanese since 2010.
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