Differentiating Present Perfect and Present Perfect Progressive Tenses

What do verb tenses indicate?

• The place an action occurs

• The manner in which an action occurs

• The time an action occurs

• The subject of a sentence

Which of the following sentences is in the present perfect progressive tense?

• I will be working at this company.

• I have worked at this company.

• I have been working at this company.

• I work at this company.

How is the present perfect progressive tense formed?

• Have + been + -ing verb

• Had + been + -ing verb

• Be + -ing verb

• Have + past participle

What is the past participle form of 'be'?

• Were

• Was

• Been

• Being

Which of the following is a correct contraction for 'have'?

• 'll

• 've

• 'd

• 's

Which sentence correctly uses a contraction in the present perfect progressive tense?

• We's been reading a book.

• They's been reading a book.

• He's been reading a book.

• He've been reading a book.

What is the contraction for 'has'?

• 've

• 'll

• 's

• 'd

Which of the following sentences is correct?

• We'll been waiting at the airport for two hours.

• We've been waiting at the airport for two hours.

• We's been waiting at the airport for two hours.

• We'd been waiting at the airport for two hours.

What should you do after looking at the picture in the practice exercise?

• Write a past tense sentence.

• Write a future tense sentence.

• Write a present perfect progressive sentence.

• Write a simple present tense sentence.