Present Perfect Progressive Presentation
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This document provides instruction on using the present perfect progressive grammar tense. It gives examples of sentences using the present perfect progressive to describe an activity that began in the past and continues in the present, or an activity that began in the past and has recently finished with present results. The document also shows the form of the present perfect progressive and asks the reader to practice choosing the correct form in sentences.
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Present Perfect Progressive Presentation
- 1. Present Perfect Progressive GRAMMAR
- 2. Work in pairs and choose the most appropriate form. Write your options on a piece of paper. We have been driving /drove / drive around for an hour and we are still lost. Let’s stop and ask somebody. I have been reading / read / have read that book. Do you have another one to lend me? It rained / has rained / has been raining all day! When is it going to stop?
- 3. I ’ve been working in the garden. That’s why I’m so tired. Images: graur razvan ionut /FreeDigitalPhotos.net Simon Howden /FreeDigitalPhotos.net
- 4. It has been raining for two hours. It began raining two hours ago. It is still raining now. Images: savit keawtavee /FreeDigitalPhotos.net
- 5. Present Perfect Progressive: Uses Activity that started in the past and continues now. It has been raining for two hours. I ’ve been living in this house for two years. Activity that started in the past and has recently finished. There is a present result of that activity. I ’ve been working in the garden. That’s why I’m so dirty. We’ ve been walking for hours! I’m so tired!
- 6. Present Perfect Progressive: Form I You We They have BEEN work ing He She It has I You We They have NOT BEEN work ing He She It has have I you we they BEEN work ing ? has he she it
- 7. Work in pairs again and reconsider your sentences. We have been driving /drove / drive around for an hour and we are still lost. Let’s stop and ask somebody. I have been reading / read / have read that book. Do you have another one to lend me? It rained / has rained / has been raining all day! When is it going to stop?