Present Perfect Progressive Presentation
Transcript of Present Perfect Progressive Presentation
Present Perfect ProgressivePresent Perfect Progressive
GRAMMAR
Work in pairs and choose the most appropriate form. Write your options on a piece of paper.
1. We have been driving /drove / drive around for an hour and we are still lost. Let’s stop and ask somebody.
2. I have been reading / read /have read that book. Do you have another one to lend me?
3. It rained / has rained /has been raining all day! When is it going to stop?
I’ve been working in the garden. That’s why I’m so tired.
Ima
ges:
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aur
razv
an io
nut
/F
reeD
igita
lPho
tos.
net
Sim
on H
owde
n /F
reeD
igita
lPho
tos.
net
It has been raining for two hours.
It began raining two hours ago.
It is still raining now.
Ima
ges:
sa
vit
keaw
tave
e /F
reeD
igita
lPho
tos.
net
Present Perfect Progressive: Uses • Activity that started in the past and
continues now. It has been raining for two hours. I’ve been living in this house for two years.
• Activity that started in the past and has recently finished. There is a present result of that activity.
I’ve been working in the garden. That’s why I’m so dirty.
We’ve been walking for hours! I’m so tired!
Present Perfect Progressive: Form
I You
We Theyhave
BEEN working
He She It has
I You
We Theyhave
NOT BEEN working
He She It has
haveI you
we they BEEN working ?
has he she it
Work in pairs again and reconsider your sentences.
1. We have been driving /drove / drive around for an hour and we are still lost. Let’s stop and ask somebody.
2. I have been reading / read /have read that book. Do you have another one to lend me?
3. It rained / has rained /has been raining all day! When is it going to stop?