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The climate has been changing for many years. The climate has changed many times. form of have+been+present participle form of have+past participle Present Perfect Progressive Present Perfect

Present Perfect Progressive Tense

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The climate has been changing for many years.

The climate has changed many times.

form of have+been+present participle

form of have+past participle

Present Perfect Progressive

Present Perfect

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The climate has not been getting cooler.

form of have+not+been+present participle

FuturePast

Now

have been working

Use the present perfect progressive for actions that started in the past and continue in the present.

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PRACTICE:Read each sentence below. Write a sentence that summarizes the information. Use the present perfect progressive with since or for.

Example: It’s 9:00am. Crystal began teaching at 8:00am. She is still teaching.Crystal has been teaching since 9:00am. OR Crystal has been teaching for an hour.

1. Munira is writing an essay about global warming. She began last week.

2. Naif is living in Minnesota. He moved there in 2011.

3. Swan drives a new car. He got the car 3 months ago.

4. Kanna and Shaikha are thinking of traveling to Europe. They began planning last month.

Munira has been writing an essay about global warming since last week.

Naif has been living in Minnesota since 2011.

Swan has been driving his new car for 3 months.

Kanna and Shaikha have been planning to travel to Europe for a month.

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It has been raining for over two weeks.

We have been studying grammar since January.

Mubarak has been reading Monster for 2 months.

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PRACTICE: Read each sentence and decide if the action is finished or unfinished.

1. Maria has driven to the mall.

2. Olga has been driving to class.

3. Zhen has been living in an apartment.

4. Mustafa has lived in a house.

5. Omran has been waiting for the bus for an hour.

6. John has waited for the bus three times.

FINISHED

FINISHED

FINISHED

UNFINISHED

UNFINISHED

UNFINISHED

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Nawaf is a climate expert. He’s been studying global warming for 10 years.

Nawaf is a climate expert. He’s studied global warming for 10 years.

Sometimes you can use either the present perfect progressive or the present perfect. The meaning is basically the same. This is especially true with verbs like live, study, teach, and work with for or since.

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PRACTICE:Use the pictures to write sentences using the present perfect progressive or the present perfect tense. Then tell whether the action is finished or continues into the present.