3D: adverbs + present perfect continuous + simple

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Adults in 2018: 15 % obese

Children 2018 NL: 12 % overweight; of which 9% overweight and 3% obese

00:15

How many adults in the Netherlands are obese? Give a percentage (%)

00:53

How many children in the Netherlands are overweight?

1. 1 out of 3
2. 1 out of 5
3. 1 out of 7
4. 1 out of 9

The meaning of the following adverbs

comfortably, extremely, incredibly, quickly, cheaply, really, surpisingly, similarly, worryingly, clearly

In the beginning

Sentence adverbs: 

They go at the beginning of a sentence, followed by comma

Surprisingly, ...

Worryingly, ...

Clearly, ...

Similarly, ...

How? 

Adverbs that describe the way you do something

comfortably

rapidly

quickly

cheaply

Really?!?!

Adverbs that make an adjective or verb stronger or weaker: 

That extremely inactive child.

She was incredibly successful with her diet.

Those fries tasted really good.

Worryingly

1. causing alarm
2. unbelievable

rapidly

1. unbelievable
2. Very fast

........... , you don't know what you are talking about.

1. Similarly
2. Clearly

What does similarly mean?

Present Perfect

simple:       I have eaten     -      She has eaten

continuous:     I have been eating     - She has been eating

How does it work?

Present Perfect

have/has + past participle

Started in the past, still going on now. Emphasis on result

I have done my homework.

Present Perfect Continuous

have/has + verb + ing

Started in the past, still going on now. Emphasis on how long it is taking.

I have been doing my homework for 2 hours now!

Note:

1. Sometimes there is no difference in meaning between the Present Perfect Simple and the Present Perfect Continuous.
   

How long have you lived here?      

How long have you been living here?

 

Note

  2. State verbs - like, love, know, be, believe, hate,  have (for possession) are NOT found in the Present Perfect Continuous.

We've known each other for a few weeks. 

NOT:   We've been knowing each other for a few weeks.

Note:

3. Some verbs have the idea of a long time - wait, work, travel, learn, play. These verbs can often be found in the Present Perfect Continuous: 

I've been waiting all day. 

Note

4. Some verbs don't have the idea of a long time: find, start, buy, die, lose, break, stop. It is unusual to find these verbs in the Present Perfect Continuous: 

My cat has died. 

My iPad's broken. I

've bought a puppy. 

Note: 

If the sentence gives a number in a quantity, the Present Perfect Simple is used. The Continuous is not possible.

I've been writing emails all morning. I've written twenty.

NOT I've been writing twenty

I______ the house this summer.

1. have been decorating
2. have decorated

I_____ the house blue.

1. have been painting
2. have painted

I _____ that book you lent me. I finished it yesterday.

1. am reading
2. has read
3. have read
4. will read

I _____ that book you lent me. I have still got another 50 pages to read.

1. read
2. have read
3. have been reading
4. have reading

She ______ emails for 3 hours now.

1. wrote
2. has written
3. is writing
4. has been writing

Celebrity Guess

You are going to spend 5 minutes researching a celebrity. You should write ten statements describing that person using the present perfect continuous. For example, ‘She has been staring in films since she was four years old’. 

Take turns reading your lists to the class until the class is able to guess the celebrity being described.