PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

LET´S PRACTICE

In the activity, there are some sentences which you have to put into the correct order and some others you have to read carefully and complete or select the correct one. They're all in the present perfect continuous.

Open Ended

LIVING/YOU/ HAVE / LONG/ LIVED / BEEN / HERE ? / HOW

Multiple Select

Which sentence is correct?

• We have being living here for three years

• We have been lived here for three years

• We have been living here for three years

Open Ended

LOOK AT THE IMAGE AND ORDER THE WORDS INTO A SENTENCE

Multiple Choice

You're in a new job. What do you ask your new colleague?

• How long have you worked here?

• How long have you been working here?

• Both are ok

Multiple Select

You see a friend covered in sweat and breathing heavily. What do you ask him?

• Have you been running?

• Did you run?

• Both are ok

FEEDBACK

We can use the present perfect continuous for actions which have recently finished

Multiple Select

You're telling a friend about your summer. Which is better?

• I've been playing a lot of tennis this summer

• I played a lot of tennis this summer

• Both are ok

FEEDBACK

You canuse Past Tense or Present Perfect, both are ok.

Multiple Select

You're surprised to see a friend buy a packet of cigarettes. You thought he didn't smoke

• I didn't know you smoked

• I didn't know you've been smoking

• Both are ok

FEEDBACK

That's right. We're using the past simple for a habit

Multiple Select

You've been tired all week. What do you tell your friend?

• I haven't been sleeping well

• I haven't slept well

• Both are ok

FEEDBACK

You would use the present perfect continuous here because the action (sleeping badly) is still continuing the present time

Multiple Select

You chat to someone while waiting for a bus

• I've been waiting for about 10 minutes

• I waited for about 10 minutes

• Both are ok

Multiple Select

How long have you ______ classes at this school?

• taken

• been taking

Multiple Select

How many friends have you __________ since you started studying here?

• made

• been making