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Present Perfect Progressive. M.Grigoryeva 2011. The Present Perfect Progressive. shows that the action is unfinished shows the action that started in the past and is still continuing shows how long the action has been happening
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Present Perfect Progressive M.Grigoryeva 2011
The Present Perfect Progressive • shows that the action is unfinished • shows the action that started in the past and is still continuing • shows how long the action has been happening • put the emphasis on the continuation of the action
Ex: I have been learning English for 5 years BE CAREFUL ! Non-action verbs are not used in the progressive I have been having a headache all day. NEVER !!! I have had a headache all day.
SOMETIMES You can use eitherthe present perfect progressive or the present perfect (especially with LIVE, STUDY, TEACH, WORK + for / since) She has been living here for 3 years. She has lived here for three years
Read the sentence and decide if the second sentence is TRUE or FALSE • Professor Owen has been reading this book. T/F She finished the book. • She has read a book about Egypt. T/ F She finished the book. • He has been waiting for the letter. T/F He received the letter. • They have lived in Moscow since 2008. T/FThey are still in Moscow • We have discussed these questions with the director. T/F The discussion is over
Right or Wrong? • Bob is my friend. I know him well. • Bob is my friend. I know him for a long time. • Sue and Alan are married since June. • The weather is awful. It is raining all day. • The weather is awful. It is raining now again. • I like your house. How long have you lived here? • I don’t know him well. We’ve met only several times. • I gave up drinking coffee. I don’t drink it for a month • That’s a very good bike. How long have you been having it? • I have a pain in my stomach all day
The Future Perfect • To talk about a future action that will already be completedby a certain time in the future By June, he will have paid his debt. We’ll have saved enough by then.
Use the Future Perfect or theFuture Perfect Progressive with the Simple Present to show the relationship between two future events. The event that will happen first uses the Future perfect. By the time you arrive, I will have finished dinner. The event that will happen second uses the Simple present
We often use already and yet to emphasize which event will happen first Present Simple By the time he graduates, he won’t have saved$ 5.ooo yet. Future Perfect Present simple When my son turns five, we will have been living here for ten years already. FuturePerfect Progressive
Use willfor predictionsI think he will come Use will when you decided smth at the moment of speakingOK, I’ll give you a lift! Use to be going to when smth in the present leads to a predictionLook at the clouds, it is going to rain! Use to be going to to talk about future plans We are going to Moscow in February
The FutureProgressive To talk about an action that will be in progress at a certain time in the future Tomorrow at this time we’ll be sunbathing at the seashore
By the time you will read this, we’ll have left. A B C • We’ll call you as soon as we’ll gethome. A B C • They willbe fly to Spain at this time tomorrow A B C 4. She finished school by next summer, so we’ll visit her A B C 5. He’ll have been studying Japanese for five years, so A B he is speaking fluently now C
