H4 - week 9

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Today's class

First hour - Of Course lesson 3.3- ex. 1-11 + ex. 13/14/15/17/18

Reading/Speaking/Grammar 

Second hour - Essay writing

HW - lesson 3.3 -  

study the indirect speech & vocabulary & finish the ex. 14-18; 

lesson 3.4 read the text

Present Perfect Continuous

Present Perfect Continuous

Has/Have + been + verb + ing

• Om de (lange) tijdsduur te benadrukken (I have been working all night)
• Om irritatie aan te geven (He has been nagging me non-stop.)
• Om aan te geven dat iets net is afgelopen (Her eyes are completely wet: she has been crying for hours)

Gebruik je net als de Present Perfect, maar met nadruk op lange tijdsduur

Lesson 3.3

Indirect vs Direct Speech Ex. 11

Direct Speech

"It is a very moving speech"

"I think it has nothing to do with peace"

"Can you help me tomorrow?"

"I have never smoked in my life!"

"I saw Tim yesterday".

Indirect speech

He said it was a very moving speech.

She said she thought it had nothing to do with peace.

He asked if she could help him tomorrow.

She said she had never smoked in her life.

She said she had seen Tim the day before.

The Continuous tenses

Lesson 3.3 - ex. 13

 am/is/are + verb + ing 

was/were + verb + ing

 has/have + been + verb + ing 

had been + verb + ing

Present Continuous

Past Continuous

Present Perfect Continuous

Past Perfect Continuous

Present Continuous  - am/is/are + verb + ing

1) action going on right now; 

2) can signal irritation; 

3) appointment in your agenda

1 ) Look at her! She is dancing on her bare feet!

2) Why are you always picking fights!

3) We are meeting our friends at the pub this evening.

Past Continuous  - was/were + verb + ing

1) longer action interrupted by shorter one = past simple 

2) Two longer actions going on simultaneously 

1) I was/you were doing homework when you called.

2) I was listening to the news while you were sleeping.

Present Perfect Continuous

has/have been + verb + ing

1) To emphasize duration (i.e. all day long, all night, for hours etc.)

2) Started in the past and is still going on 

3) Started in the past and has just finished/you can see the result

4) Can signal irritation

1) We have been working for hours to get this finished

2) She has been crying all day since he broke up with her at breakfast.

3) You have been running really hard out there for you are all sweaty.

4) You have been going on about this for ages: let it go now.

Past Perfect Continuous 

had been + verb + ing

1) To emphasize a longer action in the earlier past 

1) Before you called, I had been working very hard on my final. project.

Future Continuous

will be + verb + ing

1) Signals a longer action in the future/emphasizes duration in the future

1) Kevin Hart is performing tonight: I'm sure we will be laughing our heads off!