Date: Sepember 27/2020 GUIDE # 04

Name: Blanca Alejandra López Guerra

Program: Administración de Empresas

PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE

“If you really want to

do something, you'll
find a way. If you
don't, you'll find an
excuse."
PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE

USE 1 Duration from the Past until Now

We use the Present Perfect Continuous to show that something started in the past and has
continued up until now. "For five minutes," "for two weeks," and "since Tuesday" are all durations
which can be used with the Present Perfect Continuous.

Examples:
• They have been talking for the last hour.
• She has been working at that company for three years.
• What have you been doing for the last 30 minutes?
• James has been teaching at the university since June.

USE 2 Recently, Lately

You can also use the Present Perfect Continuous WITHOUT a duration such as "for two weeks."
Without the duration, the tense has a more general meaning of "lately." We often use the words
"lately" or "recently" to emphasize this meaning.
Examples:
• Recently, I have been feeling really tired.
• She has been watching too much television lately.
• Have you been exercising lately?
 • Mary has been feeling a little depressed.
• Lisa has not been practicing her English.

Practice Writing

1.Read the dialog and fill in the blanks using the Present Perfect Continuous and the verb in brackets
Josh: Hello Chun, very nice to see you again! How much time has it been? Five years?
Chun: Yes, I think so. Good to see you, too!
Josh: You look so beautiful! What have you (do) been doing?
Chun: Well, I (travel) have been traveling around the world, working as an air hostess. What
about you?
Josh: Awesome! I (work) have been working at an important law firm since I graduated from
high school.
Chun: What happened to Vicky? Did you marry her?
Josh: Yes, I did. We (live) have been living in Bogotá since then.
Chun: Ah! Congratulations! Please, say hello to her for me.
Josh: Very nice talking to you. I have to go, but let´s have lunch next week!
Chun: OK. Great idea!

2.Unscramble the sentences according to the conversation in the Exercise No 1

a. At / a / law / firm / working / been / has / He

He has been working at a law firm
b. since / our / graduation / He / has / been / Bogota / in / living
He has been living in Bogota since our graduation
c. has / studying / since / law / been / He / 2010
He has been studying law since 2010

3.Find 9 verbs in the word puzzle and write them in the box below adding –ing.

A B C D E F G H A
I J T R A V E L R
K L I M U N O P R
Q R E S T N U V I
P R E P A R E B V
W X Y T Z A L I E
C D A E F B U Y G
H H I J K L M N O
C P Q R M O V E S

VERBS

✓ Chatting ✓ Preparing ✓ Arriving ✓ Going ✓ Traveling

✓ Resting ✓ Buying ✓ Moving ✓ Running

4.Complete the sentences using “have” or “has” and verbs from exercise 3.

• My neighbors have been moving to their new house since last week.

• You have been traveling by car around the country

• Joe has been running every day at the park
• My brother and I has been arriving late for class since the beginning of the semester.
• Jessica has been preparing her school presentation.

• Sophie and Louis has been buying books for own new library.
• Nelson has been chatting with his friend Tina for one hour.
• The thief has been going to the police all morning.
• Carol has been resting all week in her house. She didn´t go to work.

5.Look at the pictures and write sentences using the “Present Perfect Continuous” and the given
words.

a. They / play / all weekend b. They / dance / all

night
They have playing been
all weekend They have been
dancing all night

d. Jhon / write / novel /

c. The baby / cry / all night all month
Jhon has been
The baby has been writing novel all
crying all night month

6.Match the questions with the answers below.

a. What have you been doing?
b. How long have you been working?
c. What have you been reading?
d. Have you been traveling
e. Have you studied any foreign language
b I have been working for ten hours.
a I have been studying.
e Yes, I have. I have studied Portuguese
c I have been reading a novel.
d Yes, I have.

7.Look at the pictures and complete the sentences. Use the “Present Perfect Continuous”

They have been cooking I have been studying

for half an hour English since last week
 He has been working It has been raining
very hard this week all day

8.Find the mistakes in the followings sentences and correct them

• I have be working all day I have been working all day.

• She been sleeping all afternoon
• We have decorating our house for Christmas
• Have you been study?
• He have been reading my book
She has been sleeping all afternoon.
We has been decorating our house for
Christmas.
You have been studying?
He has been reading my book.