Present perfect continuous

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Today's lesson: The present perfect continuous and reading

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Welcome students!
Welcome to your English lessons!

Take out your workbook and notebook!

Today's lesson: The present perfect continuous and reading

You do not need your laptops!


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Learning Objective
At the end of the lesson, you will be able to use and explain the present perfect continuous.

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Slide 1: Introduction
  • Present Perfect Continuous: What is it and when do we use it?
  • It's one of the more complex tenses.

  • It is a combination between a perfect tense and a continuous tense.

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Structure
Subject + have/has + been + verb-ing

She has been dancing for a couple of hours now.
I've been living in Liverpool for years now, but i've never seen a fox.
Dad is tired because he has been working long hours.

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Difference with a normal perfect
Subject + have/has + past participle

She has lost her keys and can find them anymore
I've worked  at this company for twenty years now.
They have seen that move in the cinema already.

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Usage
  • Actions that started in the past and still continue 

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Signal Words
Signal words such as 'for' and 'since' are often used with the present perfect continuous tense.

I have been working here for three years.

They have been studying abroad since they lost their sister.

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Time Expressions
Time expressions such as 'lately', 'recently', and 'this week' are commonly used with the present perfect continuous tense.

Dad has been working really hard lately.

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listening comprehension
Exercise 10 - 15

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Homework
Lesson 2 exercise 11, 12 , 15 and 16 on page 111.

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