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Keynote3 Unit 7 Grammar Summary

The document discusses the present perfect progressive tense. It is formed with have/has been + verb+ing and used to talk about actions that began in the past and are ongoing. It provides examples like "I have been traveling around the world" and explains how for and since are used to indicate duration or the point when the action started. Stative verbs like believe and know are not used in the progressive form.

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Keynote3 Unit 7 Grammar Summary

The document discusses the present perfect progressive tense. It is formed with have/has been + verb+ing and used to talk about actions that began in the past and are ongoing. It provides examples like "I have been traveling around the world" and explains how for and since are used to indicate duration or the point when the action started. Stative verbs like believe and know are not used in the progressive form.

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UNIT 7: Present perfect progressive

I have been traveling around the world. •• We form the present perfect progressive with have/
She has been learning about migration patterns has + been + -ing.
this semester. •• We use for to introduce the duration of an event
or action and since to say when the event/action
We have been researching this topic for the last
began.
few months.
My sister has been staying at a resort since We use the present perfect progressive to talk about:
Monday.
•• the duration of an action that started in the past
The populations of many countries haven’t been and is continuing now
increasing for several years. They have been arguing about this for three hours /
He hasn’t been living in the United States for the since 2 p.m.
past ten years.
•• how someone has spent their time recently
Have you been doing a lot of overtime recently? My friends have been chatting all evening.
Has she been working on her project today?
•• Stative verbs are used to express a state, rather
I have known her for many years. than an action. We don’t use these verbs with the
He has liked performing on stage since he was a progressive form.
child. She has always believed that migrants contribute
greatly to society.

Stative verbs
believe hate like
belong know recognize

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