Warm up, You’ve been…

1. Write the time you’ve been waking up recently.

2. Write the name of someone you’ve been thinking about lately.

3. Write something you’ve been doing in your free time recently.

4. Write the name of a TV series you’ve been watching recently.

5. Write something you’ve been working on lately.

6. Write something you’ve been saving money to buy.

7. Write how long you’ve been using your mobile phone.

8. Write an adjective to describe how you’ve been feeling lately.

Present Perfect
Continuous
Present Perfect
Forms
Make the present perfect continuous positive or negative:

1. (she / work here for five years)

2. (I / study all day)

3. (you / eat a lot recently)

4. (we / live in London for six months)

5. (he / play football so he’s tired)

6. (they / learn English for two years)

7. (I / cook so I’m really hot)

8. (she / go to the cinema every weekend for

years)

9. (it / rain, the pavement is wet)

10. (you / sleep for twelve hours)

Uses of Present
Perfect
Remember and Practice
Uses of Present Perfect

(crash)
(crash)

(start)

(will)

(meet)

(turn)

(play)

(call)

(pay)
Uses of Present Perfect

(crash)
(crash)

(start)

(will)

(meet)

(turn)

(play)

(call)

(pay)
Uses of Present Perfect

(crash)
(crash)

(start)

(will)

(meet)

(turn)

(play)

(call)

(pay)
Recently and Lately

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Present Perfect vs
Present Perfect
Continuous
 Complete using present perfect or present perfect continuous
1. ___________________ (they / arrive) already?
2. Lucy ___________________ (run) 2000 metres today.
3. I ___________________ (clean) all morning – I’m fed up!
4. How long ___________________ (you / know) Simon?
5. I __________ (drink) more water lately, and I feel better.
6. Sorry about the mess! I ___________________ (bake).
7. How many times ____________ (you / take) this exam?
8. He _______________ (eat) six bars of chocolate today!
9. Julie __________ (cook) dinner. Let’s go and eat!
10. The students ____________ (finish) their exams. They’re
very happy.
11. The baby’s face is really dirty! What _______________
(he / eat)?
12. Iona is exhausted these days. She ____ (work) too hard
recently.
13. Luke ________________ (never / be) abroad.
14. I ___________________ (wait) for three hours already !
15. ___________________ (you / finish) your homework
yet?
16. How long ___________________ (you / be) a lawyer?
17. I ____________ (read) your book all day. It’s very
interesting, but I’m only on chapter 2.
18. She ___________________ (drink) ten glasses of water!
19. I ___________________ (have) my dog for sixteen years.
Any Question?