Present-Perfect-Continuous

Present   Perfect   Continuous

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I, We, You, They have

been V ing

He , She , It has

They have been repairing the car since morning.

She has been cooking for two hours .

He has been fishing all day.

Present Perfect Continuous

• употребляется для обозначения длительности действия , которое началось в прошлом и продолжается в момент речи или в настоящее время .

I have been playing the piano for 3 years.

The boys have been playing football since 2 o'clock

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I, We, You, They have n’t

been V ing

He , She , It has n’t

They haven't been talking to each other for a long time.

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Have I , we , you , they

been V ing

Has he , she , it

Has Tim been studying in this college for 4 years?

Markers

• since, all day, all my life, for 10 years, for a long time, for years, during the 20 th century, recently

Present Perfect Continuous

употребляется для описания действия , которое началось и закончилось в прошлом и косвенные результаты (побочное следствие) которого очевидны в настоящее время.

There’s paint on Olga’s dress. She has been painting.

There’s paint on Olga’s dress. She has been painting

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She has been reading the book for two hours.

He has read the books.

Find the sentences in Present Perfect Continuous.

1. He has been painting since five o’clock.

2. She has just written a letter.

3. Mary is looking for her glasses now.

4. He’s been living in Moscow since 1999.

5. Has John seen this film lately?

6. Nick’s hands are in ink. He’s been writing.

Choose the right variant.

1. Sorry I'm late. Have you waited/ Have you been waiting long?

2. John has not jogged /has not been jogging for a month.

3. Ann has been inviting /has already invited Jane to dinner.

Complete the sentences using Present Perfect Continuous

1. I/to read/this book/for three days.

2. We/to play volleyball/ for twenty minutes.

3. She/to clean/the flat/for more than an hour.

4. Peter/to swim/for half an hour.

5. You/to wait/for a bus/for ten minutes only.

6. It/to snow/since last night.

7. Jack and his friend/ to ride bikes/for three hours now.

8. The teacher/to explain/ a grammar rule/since the beginning of the lesson.