3VK 16 Feb

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

which tense? => p.p.cont.

has /have + been + verb +ing

Present perfect continuous

 => for actions that started in the past and continue in the present 

=> to emphasise that something is still continuing in the present

 

She has been waiting for you all day long. / It has been raining for hours.

It has been raining all morning.

It has rained, so there's a puddle

present perfect continuous

present perfect (simple)

The workers ………………….. higher wages for a long time. (demand)

My parents _____ the walls of my bedroom purple.

1. have been painting
2. have painted
3. painted

I usually work in London but I_____ in Birmingham for the last 3 weeks.

1. have worked
2. have been working
3. work

We ...... each other since we were at school.

1. have been knowing
2. have known
3. know

for, since and how long => present perfect simple to talk about ongoing states.

past perfect continuous

How: had + been (p.p.) + -ing

When: to talk about something that happened before something else & to emphasizes the duration of time before something in the past

I had been trying to get tickets for that play for months, and I nearly missed it

When I arrived, Ram ______ for two hours.

1. has been waiting
2. had been waiting
3. has waited
4. waited

James _____ at the university for more than a year before he left for Asia.

1. has taught
2. has been teaching
3. had been teaching
4. taught

How long ______ Urdu before you moved to Pakistan?

1. have you studied
2. had you been studying
3. did you study
4. have you been studying

Translate:
Wij kennen elkaar nu al vijf jaar.

Translate:

Ik was aan het douchen toen de telefoon ging.