22-01-25 (present perfect continuous)

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Planning  I Wednesday the 22nd of January

- Present perfect continuous 

Goal: After today you will be able to explain what the difference is between the past tenses 

Present perfect continuous

Something started in the past and is still going on

It hasn't been raining for that long. 

I've been waiting here for hours, it's my trun!

?

He has worked on this project for days. 

He has been working on this project for days. 

?

Present perfect

He has worked on this project for days. 

(Recent past, effect is still noticeable) 

Present perfect continuous 

He has been working on this project for days. 

(Started in the past and is still going on.) 

?

He has worked on this project for days. 

He has been working on this project for days. 

I had worked on that project for days before he decided to fire me. 

She ________ (talk) for thirty minutes straight.

He _______ (play) football for over five years.

Julian, we've noticed that you ________ (not + work) on your goals, could you explain why?

Past tenses

Mixed

Have you seen my purse anywhere? I ______ (search) for hours!

Before her sixth birthday, Jane ____ never ______ (to be) to the zoo.

By the time we ____, (arrive) everyone had left.

I ____ (hear + not) of it until you mentioned it.

The sun ______ (shine) and the birds _____ (sing) as I entered the jungle.

If I ____, (know) I'd have helped.

What ______ you _____ (do) last night at 7pm?

I _______ (cook) for the last two hours and now you tell me you're not hungry!

Homework 

Ex 9,10 and 13 until 15