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PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS AND PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS AND PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS. Alba Buj, Andrea Fernández, Aina Costa. PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS. USES An action that started in the past and which continuous in the present. Such as : I have been living in Manchster for 3 years.

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PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS AND PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

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  1. PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS AND PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS Alba Buj, Andrea Fernández, Aina Costa

  2. PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS • USES • An action that started in the past and which continuous in the present. • Such as : I have been living in Manchster for 3 years. • An action whose results are still apparent. • For instance : We are happy. We have been dancing all night.

  3. PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS RULES We use subject + has/have+ been + verb with –ing.

  4. PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS The present perfect continuous suggests duration. - For example : Have you been waiting long? Yes, I have beenwaiting for two hours. Some verbs can be used in continuous tenses when the verb expresses an activity not a state. -Such as : I have been taking excercise and I have been watching my diet

  5. PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS RULES We use subject + had + been + verb with –ing.

  6. PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS • USES • Expresses longer activities that had been going and continuously up to definite time in the past. • Such as: She had been watching TV for twenty minutes when they arrived. TIME EXPRESSIONS • All morning • For hours • Before • Since last … • Until • When

  7. PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS FOR INSTANCE: • Michael had been looking for a job for three months when he finally found one. • The cat was tired as it had been playing in the garden. • They had been studying several hours when they fell asleep.

  8. PAST/PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS NOTES • We don’t usually use stative verbs such as know and hate in the Perfect Continuous. • I’ve hated my neighbour for years. • If the number of times something has happened can be counted, we don’t use the Perfect Continuous • They have been diving in the beach this morning. • They have written six pages of notes this morning.

  9. EXERCICES Join each of the pairs of sentences below to make one sentence without changing the original meaning.Use the Present or Past Perfect Continuous. 1. My brother started taking driving lessons. After a year, he got his licence. My brother got … 2. Jack called Larry at 4.00. They are still talking. Jack and Larry… 3. I moved to Brighton in 1998. I still live there. I … his licence after he had been taking driving lessons for a year have been taking since 400. have been living in Brighton since 1998

  10. 4. They walked around for an hour. Then they found the shop. They found … 5. Nancy had a bad year. Then suddenly her luck changed. Nancy … 6.Kyle teaches maths. He began teaching three years ago. Kyle… the shop after they had been walking around for an hour. had been having a bad year when suddenly her luch changed. has been teaching maths for three years.

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