Present perfect continuous

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• Leerjaar 4

Present perfect continuous

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Contents

- lesson aims

- activating knowledge

- grammar explanation (repeat then new)

- practice

Welke twee vormen ken ik van de past simple?

Create a sentence in the past simple using the picture for reference. Also turn it into a question.

Past simple

verleden tijd:

1. werkwoord +ed/d
   
2. onregelmatig werkwoord.
   

Voor dingen die in het verleden gebeurt zijn.

"I ate a delicious sandwich."

Present perfect

Is used for stuff that started in the past, but is still happening.

"I have lived in Swifterbant all my life."

have/has + past participle (/irregular)

Subject for next time

Present perfect continuous

"The soldier has been working abroad."

The Present perfect continuous

When?

- For if you want to stress that something happened and took a lot of time.

How?

- Have/has + been + (verb+ing)

"He has been crying for quite some time, I wonder if he's okay."

Which verb cannot be left out when making the PPC?

1. had
2. verb+ing
3. is
4. are

Which sentence demonstrates present perfect continuous tense?

1. I have finished my work for today.
2. He is cooking dinner for his family.
3. The children have been playing in the garden all day.
4. They watched a movie last night.

Identify the sentence with present perfect continuous tense.

1. We have been waiting for the bus since noon.
2. They went to the beach last weekend.
3. She is reading a book at the moment.
4. I have visited that city many times.

Which sentence contains the present perfect continuous? The other sentences have a present continuous, present perfect or past simple.

1. He has already finished his homework.
2. She has been studying for five hours.
3. They played tennis yesterday.
4. I am watching a movie right now.

Create your own sentence using the verb (to read) and the present perfect continuous.

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Done?

Please have Theme 2:

- exercise 15, 16 finished. (old and should be already done.)

- Study vocab lists A B F (from theme 1/2)

- Theme 2: 21, 31, 35, 40