Perfect Continuous

Present Perfect Continuous

I've been studying at GVA for 1 year.

has/have + been + ving

has / have?

third person singular (he/she/it) = has

i/you/we/they = have

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I .................. here for most of my life.

• have been working

• have worked

Multiple Choice

She ............. all night.

• has been studying

• have been studying

Multiple Choice

been + ving in a sentence always means it's the present perfect continuous tense.

• true

• false

FUNCTIONS

Past Perfect Continuous/Progressive

Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Mr. Mora - English Class

Important

• In English, we use the past perfect continuous to express actions in the past, while stressing a long duration. 

• Often, the action being described was close in time to another action in the past and was interrupted by the other activity.

• It can also be used to express a cause-and-effect relationship (James was tired because he had been jogging).

FUNCTIONS

Past Perfect Continuous/Progressive

How do we form the Past Perfect Continuous tense?

Multiple Choice

Which tense is this?

"At last the bus came. I had been waiting for haft an hour!"

• Simple Past

• Past Continous

• Past Perfect

• Past Perfect Continous

Multiple Choice

My grandfather ___ in his old house for ages before he moved in with us.

• had been lived

• has living

• had been living

• has been live

Multiple Choice

She ________________ (not / work) but she was tired anyway.

• was not working

• had not worked

• had not been working

Multiple Choice

Bruno and Marcela met at a medical assembly, which Marcela ______ _______ ________ for a long time.

• was attending

• has been attending

• have been attending

• had been attending

Multiple Choice

How long ____________ you_________ (watch) TV before you decided to go to bed?

• has you been watching

• had you been watching

• had watching

Multiple Choice

Steven felt tired as he __________ (sail) for several hours.

• has sailed

• had been sailing

• was sailed

Be careful

- Past Perfect

- Present Perfect Continuous

Multiple Choice

I’m really thirsty. I ....................................... for three hours.

• have been cycling

• had been cycling

Multiple Choice

I was really thirsty. I ................................................. for three hours.

• have been cycling

• had been cycling

Multiple Choice

Mary ..................................... well at school since last month and the results of her tests are poor.

• hasn’t been doing

• hadn’t been doing

Multiple Choice

Mary ....................................... well at school last month, so she failed her final tests.

• hadn’t been doing

• hasn’t been doing

Multiple Select

Which of the following sentences are in the PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS?

• Had the concert already started when you arrived?

• She didn't see Peter because he had gone to the supermarket.

• I told her that I had been waiting for 3 hours but she didn't say anything.

• Had you been waiting long before the taxi arrived?

Multiple Select

Which of the following sentences are in the PAST PERFECT SIMPLE?

• I had been working at the company for five years when I got the promotion.

• Harold had known about it for two weeks.

• Martha had been walking three miles a day before she broke her leg.

• I didn't say anything until she had finished talking.

Multiple Choice

When we met, you _______ at that company for six months.

• have worked

• had worked

• had been working

• worked

Multiple Choice

You ________ for the test, so you were very nervous.

• hasn't been stydying

• hadn't studyed

• hadn't studied

• weren't studying

Future perfect continuous

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Multiple Choice

The Governor ___________ for the whole day by the time the elections begin.

• has been working

• will have been working

• will has been working

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The workers __________ for two weeks by the time the factory makes a deal.

• will be striking

• will have been striking

• will have striked

Multiple Choice

By the time the registered nurse is still completing the monitoring report, the doctor will ___________ the surgery to his patient.

• have finished

• have been finished

• have been finishing

Multiple Choice

I won`t __________ Avengers: Endgame for three hours by the time the feature comes on.

• have been watching

• had been watching

• have been watched

Multiple Choice

The physician's assistant ____________ for 23 years by the time she is 65.

• won't had been working

• won't had been worked

• won't have been working

Multiple Choice

The clock ___________ for half the time by 11pm in a 24-hour relay.

• will only have been running

• wil only have run

• will only be running

Multiple Choice

The NBA players will be very tired. They ________ basketball for 8 hours.

• will have be playing

• will have been playing

• will have been played

Multiple Choice

Will you ________ me all day long by the time you receive the envelope?

• had been looking for

• have been looked for

• have been looking for

• have looked for

Multiple Choice

When the time is over, you won't have ________ well.

• been sleeping

• slept

• been slept

• be sleeping

Multiple Choice

My uncle ______ dinner by the time the family arrives to the airport.

• will have be eating

• will have been eaten

• will had been eating

• will have been eating

Multiple Choice

My sister will ______ birth in the same hospital I was born by 1995.

• have been giving

• have been given

• have be giving

• had been giving

Multiple Choice

Jessica won't ______ for you for so long.

• have be waiting

• have been waiting

• has been waiting

• have been waited

Multiple Choice

Will your friend _______ the story on stage by the end of the semester?

• has been acting out

• have been acting out

• have been acted out

• had been acted out

Multiple Choice

I __________ in the same neighborhood for a year this March.

• will have been living

• will have lived

• will had been living

• will have been lived

Multiple Choice

The child will have ______ by the time her mother goes back for her.

• been cried

• be cried

• been crying

• been cried