TASK OF STRENGTHENING AND RECOVERY

Module 5
Date: October 18th to 24th/2020

STUDENT: _____________________________________________SECTION: ________________

OBJETIVE: strengthen the knowledge acquired and

recover the deficiencies of the learned
throughout module five.

THE PRESENT PERFECT THE PRESENT PERFECT

CONTINUOUS
can be used (usually with ‘since’ and ‘for’) to can also be used (often with ‘since’ and ‘for’) to
talk about unfinished actions that started in the talk about unfinished actions that started in the
past and are still true in the present. past and are still true in the present.
✓ It’s often used with stative verbs ✓ We don’t use stative verbs in this tense.
STRUCTURE: SUJETO + VERBO AUXILIAR STRUCTURE: SUJETO + VERBO AUXILIAR
(HAS OR HAVE) + VERBO EN PASADO (HAS OR HAVE) + “BEEN” + VERBO+ING.
PARTICIPIO…
EXAMPLES: EXAMPLES:
- I have painted the living room blue. - They have been talking for three hours.
- I have worked here for thirty years. - She has been studying English since she
was 15 years old.
GENERAL INDICATIONS.
✓ check the agenda.
✓ download PDF file from platform.
✓ work in the grammatical exercise.

EXERCISE:
Write the verb in parentheses in "present perfect" or "present perfect continuous" as appropriate.

1) I in this town since last February (to live)

2) The police the murderer (to arrest)
3) What has happened to the neighbors? They for hours (to shout)
4) Today I two memorandums to my partners (to write)
5) My aunt letters to her cousins for hours (to write)
6) In the morning I breakfast for my close friend (to prepare)
7) Today July his girlfriend three times (to phone)
8) My friends around Italy for five months (to travel)
9) I to music all evening (to listen)
10) I English since I was a child (to learn)
11) We are coming from the beach where my kids a sandcastle (to make)
12) Why are you so dirty? I in the garden (to work)
13) I to Malaga for three days with my in-laws (to be)
14) I my homework. Now I am going to rest (to finish)
15) My brother TV for three hours (to watch)
16) John since 3 o'clock (to study)
17 The fatal accident just . The police haven't arrived yet (to happen)
18) my watch? I have just lost it (to see)
19) Emma is very tired; she all day (to work)
20) My son two pages so far (to translate)