3V Grammar unit 4: Present Perfect Continuous vs Past Perfect

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Past Perfect 
vs 
Present Perfect Continuous


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Slide 2 - Slide

Present Perfect Continuous

Slide 3 - Slide

Which sentence is in the present perfect continuous?
A
We were playing
B
We had been playing
C
We have been playing
D
We are playing

Slide 4 - Quiz

Present Perfect Continuous
FORM: has/have + been + verb + ing 

FUNCTION
  • to emphazise duration and sometimes irritation
  • action started in the past and is still going on 






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Present Perfect Continuous
Examples: 
  • I have been working on that report all afternoon! 
  • They have been painting the walls since seven o'clock this morning.
  • We have been waiting here for ages now, hurry up!




Slide 6 - Slide

Present Perfect Continuous
I_________(search) for tickets for ages!

Slide 7 - Open question

Which sentence is present perfect continuous?
A
We've been practising all afternoon.
B
We've practised all afternoon.
C
We were practising all afternoon.
D
We practised all afternoon.

Slide 8 - Quiz

The teacher ................(talk) for 35 minutes.

Slide 9 - Open question

Translate: Zij is al uren hard aan het leren

Slide 10 - Open question

Maak een zin met de present perfect continuous

Slide 11 - Open question

Past perfect

Slide 12 - Slide

Which one is the Past Perfect?
A
have + past participle
B
Has + past participle
C
had + past participle
D
To be + past participle

Slide 13 - Quiz

Past Perfect 
FORM:  Had + past participle (= voltooid deelwoord)

1. Regular verbs: had + full verb + -ed
Ex: We had lived in London for 3 years by then. 

2. Irregular verbs: had + 3rd row (see book p. 220)
Ex. She hadn't done her homework yet when he showed up.






Slide 14 - Slide

Past Perfect 
FUNCTION: takes place before another past action

1. Tells you about an event that happened in the past and
was finished before another action took place.
Ex: He had already written a book by the time he turned 22.


2. You see it often in a sentence with the Past Simple.
Ex: After she had finished her homework, she called her friend.



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Slide 16 - Slide

Answer key
1. called, had heard
2. said, had lived
3. had taken, went
4. had done, began
5. had danced, felt
6. had finished, watched

Slide 17 - Slide

Past Perfect
A
when something started and stopped in the past
B
when something went on for a while in the past
C
when something happened before something else in the past
D
when something started in the past in goes on until the present

Slide 18 - Quiz

Practice both tenses

Slide 19 - Slide


They_______(drive) for 3 hours now.

Slide 20 - Open question

He was excited because he ____ (never, do) anything like this.

Slide 21 - Open question

Past simple or present perfect continuous?
We _____ basketball since 10 a.m.
A
have been playing
B
played

Slide 22 - Quiz

It ____________ all day, but she still wants to go for a walk.
A
have been raining
B
has been raining
C
had been raining
D
was raining

Slide 23 - Quiz

_____ he never ________ (play) that game before?

Slide 24 - Open question


I _____ (to wait) for you for ages!

Slide 25 - Open question

Just before he called her, he _____ (check) his messages.
A
would check
B
checks
C
checked
D
had checked

Slide 26 - Quiz

After he ______ (pass) his exam,
he threw a party.

Slide 27 - Open question

When I walked in, the meeting _________(already, start).

Slide 28 - Open question

He was shocked because he ________ (never see) anything like it.

Slide 29 - Open question