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The Present Perfect Continuous: Grammar

The document discusses the present perfect continuous tense in English grammar. It provides the form, usage, and examples of the tense. It then provides a dialogue between a writer and reporter using the present perfect continuous tense to discuss what each person has been doing in various contexts like writing, living in Africa, working as a guide, traveling, and considering career changes. The dialogue models natural conversations using the tense.

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The Present Perfect Continuous: Grammar

The document discusses the present perfect continuous tense in English grammar. It provides the form, usage, and examples of the tense. It then provides a dialogue between a writer and reporter using the present perfect continuous tense to discuss what each person has been doing in various contexts like writing, living in Africa, working as a guide, traveling, and considering career changes. The dialogue models natural conversations using the tense.

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The Present Perfect Continuous

GRAMMAR PRACTICE

1. FORM: Complete the dialogues between a writer and a reporter using


the Present Perfect Continuous and the necessary
a I, YOU,WE, THEY HAVE BEEN + V-ING prepositions:
as in We have been talking…
R: How long have you been writing (you-
b HE, SHE, IT HAS BEEN V-ING write) books?1
as in It has been snowing … W: I have been writing 2 them for3 five
years.

AFFIRMATIVE, NEGATIVE, INTERROGATIVE:


R: How long have you been living in
We have been waiting for her for two hours. Africa?4
You haven’t been doing anything lately! W: I have been living 5 (live) in Africa
Have you been working out? You’re so fit! since6 1998.
How long have we been waiting for her? R: How long have your guide been
What has she been doing? working7 (your guide –work) with you?
W: He have been working8 (work) with me
2. USAGE: for 9two years.
a This verb tense stresses the duration of
the action. Prepositions since and for can be R: What else have you been doing (you-
do) in Africa?10
used.
W: I have been taking (take)11 photos for
She has been playing in the garden for hours. my guidebook.
(she’s still there) R: How long have you been travelling
(travel)12 around Kenya?
b It’s also used to describe a long action that
W: I have been travelling13 (I - travel)
began in the past and has just stopped. The since14 6 a.m.
result of the action is clear or implied. R: Have you been walking15 (you-walk)
It has been raining. The ground is still wet. around Kenya!?
W: I have been driving
(drive)16 and walking (walk)17
c. We can also use it to talk about something
and _______________(walk)12
that has been in progress recently or lately. R: Have you been riding (you - ride)18
elephants too?
You look wonderful! Have you been working out W: No, I don’t19. But I have been sending
lately? (send)20 photos of elephants and many
other animals to some magazines. I’ve
sold most of my photos. I have been
Have you been smoking recently? I can smell
thinking (think)21 of becoming a full-time
cigarette smoke here!
photographer.
R: I have been considering22 (I-consider)
You haven’t been taking things seriously lately. changing my job for23 two years!

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