UNIT 2

Duration of actions and activities

“Language Knowdlege. Present Perfect Continuous”

L.E.L.I. Claudia García Chávez

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Have/Has + been+ verb-ing

Time expressions

o For o Sinceo So faro How long (with questions)

Uses Puts emphasis on the duration or course of an

action (not the result)e.g.

She has been writing for two hours..

We have been working hard.

Uses Action that recently stopped or is still going one.g.

I have been living here since 2001.

My mother has been working for six years.

Uses Finished action that influenced the presente.g.

I have been working all afternoon.

It has been raining for hours.

Statements with the Present Continuous

Affirmative Statements

She has been eating all the day

I’ve been studying hard

Negative Statements

She has not eating all the day

I haven’t been studying hard

Long Forms

Contracted Forms

Questions with the Present Perfect Continuous

Questions

Have you been making mistakes?

Has it been causing problems?

Possible Answers

Yes, I have. No, I haven’t.

Yes, it has. No, it hasn’t.

References http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/present-perfect-

progressive

Werner P. & Nelson J.(2007). Interaction 2 Grammar. McGraw-Hill: New York

http://www.aulafacil.com/CursoIngles/Clase13.htm

http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_present-perfect-continuous.htm

http://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/tensepresperfcont.htm

Adapted by Carolina Juárez Pintor