Present Perfect Continuous
Build a sentence using the Present Perfect Continuous
Mary / live / in Rome / for more than 5 years.
Mary has been living in Rome for more than 5 years.
Build a sentence using the Past Perfect Continuous
Thelma / work / for the same company / more than five years until she was laid off.
Thelma had been working for the same company more than five years until she was laid off.
Dance
Dancing
Susie is taking today her English test. Susie ___________ (study) for that test all week.
has been studying
playing/hours/We/been/two/have/basketball/for
We have been playing basketball for two hours.
Build a sentence using the Present Perfect Continuous:
How long / your teachers / help / you / with your vocabulary / ?
How long have your teachers been helping you with your vocabulary?
After/she/play/the violin/for ten years/... she joined an orchestra.
After she had been playing the violin for ten years, she joined an orchestra.
Be
Being
We __________ (sit) in the doctor’s office for 2 hours before they called our name.
had been sitting
have/evening/are/we/We/all/been/tired/studying/because
We are tired because we have been studying all evening.
What would you say in this situation:
Peter is at the bus. The bus is not coming. You want to know how long he waited for the bus.
Peter, ________________________________?
Peter, how long have you waiting for the bus?
Write a sentence for this situation:
Mary didn't know it was so late. Why?
She didn't look at her watch.Mary didn't know it was so late because ...
she hadn't been looking at her watch.
Travel
Travelling / Traveling
Frank __________ (work) for that company for 10 years before he quit.
had been working
had/working/I/I/out/was/because/hungry/been
I was hungry because I had been working out.
Finish the sentence:
Mary is on her way to the party. Peter __________________ (wait) for her for more than 2 hours. Can you believe that?
Peter has been waiting for her for more than 2 hours.
Write a question for this situation.
Your father retired a year ago. I want to know how long he worked for the company.
How long had your father been working for the company (before he retired a year ago)?
Refer
Referring
My dog ______________ (sleep) all day yesterday.
had been sleeping
break/They/for/they/hours/really/been/needed/8/a/had/because/working
They really needed a break because they had been working for 8 hours.
What would you say in the following situation? Use the Present Perfect Continuous.
Peter can't find his keys. You offer to help him. After two hours, your brother wants to know what's going on.
Possible answers:
I have been helping Peter (to) find his keys for two hours.
We have been looking for Peter's keys for two hours.
Write a sentence for this situation. Use the Past Perfect Continuous.
Bill showed up at the party. We were not expecting that.
Start with:We were surprised that ...
Begin
Beginning
It _____________ (snow) for many days. Thank God it stopped now.
has been snowing
had/the/arrived/been/a/the/minutes/They/group/few/talking/rest/for/of/before
They had been talking for a few minutes before the rest of the group arrived.