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The Present Perfect Continuous PDF

The document provides examples of using the present perfect continuous tense in English, including affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms. It gives sample dialogues between a writer and reporter using the tense to discuss how long each person has been doing various activities related to their work such as writing books, living in Africa, taking photos, and traveling around Kenya. The examples illustrate using the tense to describe the duration of ongoing or recent actions.

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The Present Perfect Continuous PDF

The document provides examples of using the present perfect continuous tense in English, including affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms. It gives sample dialogues between a writer and reporter using the tense to discuss how long each person has been doing various activities related to their work such as writing books, living in Africa, taking photos, and traveling around Kenya. The examples illustrate using the tense to describe the duration of ongoing or recent actions.

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GRAMMAR PRACTICE

1. FORM: Complete the dialogues between a writer and a reporter


using the Present Perfect Continuous and the necessary
a I, YOU,WE, THEY HAVE BEEN + V-ING prepositions:
as in We have been talking…
R: How long ___________________
b HE, SHE, IT HAS BEEN V-ING __________ ( you- write) books?1
as in It has been snowing … W: ________________________2
them _____3 five years... .

AFFIRMATIVE, NEGATIVE, INTERROGATIVE: ___________


R: How long __________________
We have been waiting for her for two hours. __________________in Africa?4
5
You haven’t been doing anything lately! W: I ______________ (live) in Africa
Have you been working out? You’re so fit! 6
______ 1998.
How long have we been waiting for her? R: How long ________________
What has she been doing? _______ 7
(your guide –work) with you?
W: He ______________________
2 . USAGE: _____8 (work) with me ___ 9two years.
a This verb tense stresses the duration of
the action. Prepositions since and for can be R: What else _________________
______________(you-do) in Africa?10
used.
W: I_________________________
She has been playing in the garden for hours. (take)11 photos for my guidebook.
(she’s still there) R: How long ___________________
(travel)12 around Kenya?
b It’s also used to describe a long action that
W:____________________________
began in the past and has just stopped. The 13
(I - travel) _______14 6 a.m.
result of the action is clear or implied. R:___________________________
15
It has been raining. The ground is still wet. (you-walk) around Kenya!?
W: I _________________________
(drive)16 and ______________(walk)17
c. We can also use it to talk about something
and _______________(walk)12
that has been in progress recently or lately. R: __________________________
(you - ride)18 elephants too?
You look wonderful! Have you been working out W: No, I _______19. But I _________
lately? ____________ (send)20 photos of
elephants and many other animals to
some magazines. I’ve sold most of my
Have you been smoking recently? I can smell
photos. I ___________________
cigarette smoke here!
(think)21 of becoming a full time
photographer.
You haven’t been taking things seriously lately. R: _________________________
_________ 22 (I-consider) changing my
job ______23 two years!

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