Emphasizing the Duration
What is the Present Perfect Continuous used for?
to describe an action or state that happened at an unspecified time in the past or began in the past and continues to the present.
Structure of the Present Perfect Continuous.
Subject + have/has + been + verb(-ing)
How is the negative form formed?
Subject + have/has + not + been + verb(-ing)
How do you form a question?
Have/Has + subject + been + verb(-ing)?
She has been studying ______ three hours.
for
Complete:
He ______ (run) for 30 minutes.
has been running
Complete:
I ______ (not / sleep) well lately.
have not been sleeping
Ask the question with:
“you / study / English?”
Have you been studying English?
Translate: “He estado trabajando todo el día.”
I have been working all day.
Complete:
They ______ (study) since Monday.
have been studying
Short form of “has not.”
hasn’t
Complete:
______ she been exercising?
Has
Which sentence emphasizes duration?
I have done my homework.
I have been doing my homework for two hours.
I have been doing my homework for two hours.
Make a positive sentence with “she / work / all morning.”
She has been working all morning.
Change to negative: “They have been working.”
They haven’t been working.
Short answer: Have they been working? (Yes)
Yes, they have.
Explain why we use this tense in:
“They have been playing since 4 p.m.”
Because the action began in the past and continues to happen
What is the mistake here?
“She have been reading.”
She has been reading.
What is the mistake here?
“She hasn’t been study.”
She hasn’t been studying.
complete:
_____ you been doing your homework?
Have