Uses
What is the present perfect progressive for?
To say how long for unfinished actions which started in the past and continue to the present. We often use this with 'for' and 'since’
What is the auxiliary verb of the present perfect progresive?
Have or Has
How is made up the present perfect progressive?
Have or has as the auxiliary verb, follow by the "verb to be" in past participle (been), plus the main verb in present participle (gerund "ing").
Find the error in the following present perfect progressive sentence and correct it.
I've been being here for hours.
The present perfect progressive cannot be used with stative verbs.
I've been here for hours.
Translate the following sentence from Spanish to English.
Sara ha estado comiendo mucha comida chatarra (junk food) últimamente.
Sara has been eating a lot of junk food lately.
Mentions another use of the present perfect progressive.
For temporary habits or situations (to emphasize that something is temporary), we use a word like 'recently’ and ‘lately’.
What is the structure of the affirmative sentences?
(Subject) + (have/ has) + (Verb to be in past participle) + (verb in present participle) + (complement).
In which column are frequently located the verbs in past participle?
In the third one.
Find the error in the following present perfect progressive sentence and correct it.
They have been worked since they woke up.
They have been working since they woke up.
Translate the following sentence from English to Spanish.
I've been living in London for 5 years old.
Yo he estado viviendo en Londres por 5 años.
Mentions another use of the present perfect progressive.
when the result comes from the action itself. It doesn't matter if the whole action is finished or not.
What is the structure of the negative sentences?
(Subject) + (have /has) + (not)+ (Verb to be in past participle) + (verb in present participle) + (complement).
What happen with the main verb in present perfect progressive tense?
It goes with present participle form "ing"
It uses the gerund form "ing".
Choose the option that fits with the following translation.
María ha estado durmiendo hasta tarde por dos semanas, ella se ve cansada.
a) Maria has slept late for two weeks, she looks tired.
b) Maria has been sleeping late for two weeks, she looks tired.
b) Maria has been sleeping late for two weeks, she looks tired.
Translate the following sentence from Spanish to English.
Ellos han estado yendo al doctor recientemente.
They have been going to the doctor recently.
What are the signal words of the present perfect progressive?
•Recently
•Lately
•Since
•For
What is the structure of the interrogative sentences?
(Have/ Has) +(Subject) + (Verb to be in past participle) + (verb in present participle) + (complement) + (?)
How is found the verb "to be" in the present perfect progressive?
a) Past participle
b) Past
c) Present participle
a) Past participle
Choose the option with stative verbs.
a) run, make, cook, start
b) belong, smell, taste, be, own
c) create, cry, decorate, tidy-up
b) belong, smell, taste, be, own
Translate the following sentence from English to Spanish.
He has been crying since he arrived from the school.
Él ha estado llorando desde que él llegó de la escuela.