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Inductive Grammar Activity

(Unit 2, Page 16)

THE PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

Look at the statements using the present perfect continuous.

She’s been practicing ballet for years.

I’ve been listening to classical music since I was a kid.
Have you been playing the piano for a long time?

FIGURE IT OUT . . .
Circle the letter of the best answer.
1. Use _____ to form the present perfect continuous.
a. have/has + been present participle b. have/has + been past participle
2. Use the present perfect continuous to describe _____.
a. continuing actions b. finished actions
3. Use the present perfect continuous to describe _____.
a. an action that begins in the present b. an action that began in the past
4. Use the present perfect continuous to describe _____.
a. an action that may continue in b. can only be used to describe an action
the future that continues in the present
Look at words and phrases often used with the present perfect continuous and the
present perfect.

Often used with the present perfect Often used with the present perfect
continuous
already yet before
for [two months] lately these days
ever
for a while recently this [year]
since [2013] all day How long . . .?

FIGURE IT OUT . . .
Write C if the action is continuing. Write F if the action is finished
1. How long has your son been painting portraits?
2. She’s already practiced ballet this week.

Summit 1, Third Edition Unit 2

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Note: The present perfect continuous, rather than the present perfect, is generally used to
describe a recent continuous action, especially when there is visible evidence that the action
has just ended.

FIGURE IT OUT . . .

Check the best interpretation.
1. What’s Nora’s violin doing on the table? Has she been practicing?
■ a. Nora is still practicing the violin.
■ b. Nora has just finished practicing the violin.

Summit 1, Third Edition Unit 2

Copyright © 2017 by Pearson Education, Inc. Duplication for classroom use is permitted.