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Present Perfect Continuous Exercises

This document contains an English exercise with four points: 1. Writing sentences in the present perfect continuous tense about given situations. 2. Asking questions in the present perfect continuous tense about given situations. 3. Stating how long something has been happening by using phrases like "for X hours/months/years". 4. Translating all the sentences from points 1-3 into Spanish. The exercise provides models and prompts for writing sentences and asking questions using the present perfect continuous tense in English and their translations to Spanish.

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Present Perfect Continuous Exercises

This document contains an English exercise with four points: 1. Writing sentences in the present perfect continuous tense about given situations. 2. Asking questions in the present perfect continuous tense about given situations. 3. Stating how long something has been happening by using phrases like "for X hours/months/years". 4. Translating all the sentences from points 1-3 into Spanish. The exercise provides models and prompts for writing sentences and asking questions using the present perfect continuous tense in English and their translations to Spanish.

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Alumna: Tatiana Marcela Duran Díaz Grado: 9-2

Activity # 4 – English

1. In this exercise you have to read the situation and then write a sentence with
the present perfect continuous (I have been doing).

A. Ann is very tired (she / work / hard) she has been working hard.
B. Bob has a black eye and Bill has a cut lip (Bob and Bill / fight) They has
been fighting.
C. George has just come back from the beach. He is very red (he / lie / in
the sun) he has been lie in the suning.
D. Janet is hot and tired. (She / play / tennis) she has been playing tennis.

2. This time you have to ask a question for each situation.

- You see a little boy. His eyes are red and water (you / cry)
Have you been crying?
- You have just arrived to meet your friend who is waiting for you (you /
wait / long?)
- You has been waiting long?
- Your friend comes in. His face and hands are very dirty. (What / you /
do?)
- You has been what doing?

3. Now you have to say how long something has been happening .

- Kevin is studying. He started studying three hours ago. He was studying


for three hours
- I am learning Spanish. I started learning Spanish in December. I have
been learning Spanish since December.
- Ann is looking for work. He started searching six months ago. He already
working for six months.
- Mary is working in London. He started working there on January 18. She
was working since January 18.
- George smokes. He started smoking five years ago. He was smoking for
five years.

4. Expresa todas las oraciones anteriores en Español

Punto 1:

A. Ann está muy cansada (ella / trabaja / mucho) ha estado trabajando duro.
B. Bob tiene un ojo morado y Bill tiene un labio cortado (Bob y Bill / pelea)
Han estado peleando.
Alumna: Tatiana Marcela Duran Díaz Grado: 9-2

C. George acaba de regresar de la playa. Está muy rojo (está / tumbado / al


sol) ha estado tumbado al sol.
D. Janet tiene calor y está cansada. (Ella / juega / tenis) ha estado jugando
al tenis.

Punto 2:

- Ves a un niño. Sus ojos están rojos y llorosos (tú / lloras)


¿Has estado llorando?
- Acabas de llegar a encontrarte con tu amigo que te está esperando (¿tú /
esperar / mucho?)
¿Ha estado esperando mucho?
- Entra tu amigo. Tiene la cara y las manos muy sucias. (¿Que haces?)
¿Qué has estado haciendo?

Punto 3:

- Kevin está estudiando. Empecé a estudiar hace tres horas. Él estuvo


estudiando durante tres horas
- Estoy aprendiendo español. Empecé a aprender español en diciembre. He
estado aprendiendo español desde diciembre.
- Ann está buscando trabajo. Empecé a buscar hace seis meses. Ya llevo
trabajando seis meses.
- Mary está trabajando en Londres. Allí empezó a trabajar el 18 de enero.
Ella trabajaba desde el 18 de enero.
- George fuma. Empecé a fumar hace cinco años. Estuvo fumando durante
cinco años.

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