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Lesson 4 - Aspects of Verbs - Perfect Progressive Aspect

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SECOND QUARTER

LESSON 4: Using the Aspect of verb (Perfect Progressive/Continuous Aspect)

PERFECT PROGRESSIVE/COTINUOUS ASPECT – states of an action that has been


ongoing for some time and has since completed. Always has/have + been + ing verbs

Three Perfect Tenses


A. Past Perfect Progressive – describes something that began in the past continued
in the past and concluded in the past or describes actions that were ongoing in the
past before another past action
Form: had + been + ing verbs
Example: I had been reading quietly when you walked in.

B. Present Perfect Progressive – describes an action that began in the past,


continues into the present and may continue in the future or describes actions that
started in the past and are still continuing.
Form: has/have + been + ing verbs
Example: I have been reading quietly all afternoon.
He has been reading quietly

C. Future Perfect Progressive – indicates that something will occur in the future and
will continue for an expected length of time or describes actions that will be ongoing
up to a certain point in the future
Form: will have/shall have + been + ing verbs
Example: I will have been reading quietly when you walk in.
I shall have been reading quietly when you walk in.

Present Perfect Progressive:

• I have been reading this book for two hours.


• She has been practicing the piano since morning.
• They have been playing soccer all afternoon.

Past Perfect Progressive:

• He had been running before it started to rain.


• We had been watching the movie for an hour when the power went out.
• She had been studying hard before she took the test.

Future Perfect Progressive:

• By the time you arrive, I will have been waiting for 30 minutes.
• Next month, they will have been living here for five years.
• We will have been working on this project for a week by tomorrow.

These sentences show ongoing actions that started in the past and either continue into
the present or past or will continue into the future. They help students grasp the concept
of actions that are ongoing over a period of time.

The time expressions commonly used with the Perfect Progressive Aspect help indicate
the duration of an ongoing action or when the action started. Here are some key time
expressions for each tense:
Present Perfect Progressive:

• for (a period of time): I have been studying for two hours.


• since (a specific point in time): She has been working here since 2019.
• lately or recently: We have been exercising lately.

Past Perfect Progressive:

• for (a period of time): They had been waiting for an hour before the bus arrived.
• before (an action): She had been running before it started raining.
• since (a point in time before another action): I had been cooking since the
morning.

Future Perfect Progressive:

• by (a future time): By tomorrow, I will have been teaching for five years.
• for (a future period of time): They will have been traveling for three days by the
time they arrive.
• by the time (a future action): By the time you call, I will have been working for
four hours.

These time expressions emphasize the duration or the starting point of an action that
continues over time.

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