(6th) Present Perfect Progressive - Grammar 1 - Unit 4

Present Perfect Progressive

Grammar 1

Unit 4

6th grade

Week 24

Miss Conny

What do we use the Present Perfect Progressive for?

• To talk about things that started happening in the past and are still happening now.

How do we use the Present Perfect Progressive?

• We use have been or has been

• We add -ing to the action verb

• What's an action verb?

What's an action verb?

• Verbs that describe actions you can actually, physically do.

• Swim, study, play, learn, sing, jump, etc.

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Multiple Choice

What do we use the present perfect progressive for?

• To talk about things that happened in the past.

• To talk about things that started happening in the past and are still happening now.

Multiple Select

How do we use the present perfect progressive?

• We use has/have been

• We add -ing to action words

How do we use the Present Perfect Progressive?

• We use have been or has been

• We add -ing to the action verb

• We use for or since

For and since?

• FOR: period of time (months, weeks, years, hours, etc.)

• I have been surfing for 2 years.

• SINCE: exact point in time when the activity started (a specific date, hour, year, moment in life, etc.)

• I have been surfing since 2018.

Look at these examples!

• I have been swimming since I was 4 years old.

• Tom has been watching the waterfalls for 20 minutes.

• Kim and Ryan have been living together since 2015.

• We have been playing video games for two hours.

• Kelly has been studying since Sunday.

• I have been teaching for 5 years.

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct answer

• I have been taking swimming lessons for December.

• She has been swimming for 10 months.

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct answer

• She have been living in her house for 3 years.

• She has been living in her house since 2017.

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct answer

• We have been learning the present perfect progressive for 1 hour.

• We has been learning the present perfect progressive since 1 hour.