Grammar exercises: Past Continuous + Present Perfect Continuous

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 3

What do you know about Past Continuous and Present Perfect Continuous?

Past Continuous

• formed by combining the past tense of to be (i.e., was/were) with the verb's present participle (-ing word).
• used to describe conditions that existed in the past.
• used to describe something that was happening continuously in the past 
• Not every verb can be used in past continuous

Present Perfect Continuous

• has/have been + the present participle (root + -ing).
• Used to show an activity began in the past and is still not finished right now. 
• not all verbs are compatible with continuous action (e.g arrive)
• Recently and lately are words that we often find with verbs in the present perfect continuous tense.

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