Present Perfect Continuous
Objective:
Learners will understand and correctly apply the Present Perfect Continuous tense in English. The goal is to develop the ability to express actions that began in the past and continue up to the present moment, emphasizing the duration or ongoing nature of the action.
Content and Methods:
The worksheet provides a comprehensive explanation of the Present Perfect Continuous, including its three main uses (recent past actions with emphasis on the action, single continuing actions, repeated actions), signal words (e.g., "all day," "for X years," "since Y"), and conjugation rule (have/has+been+verb in −ing form). It includes exercises to mark verbs in the Present Perfect Continuous, choose the correct verb form from multiple options, drag and drop the correct verb forms into panels, write the correct verb forms into panels, and reorder words to form grammatically correct sentences. Methods involve rule explanation, targeted practice, and sentence construction tasks.
Competencies:
- Understand and identify the uses of the Present Perfect Continuous tense.
- Correctly conjugate verbs in the Present Perfect Continuous tense.
- Apply the Present Perfect Continuous tense in various sentence structures.
- Formulate grammatically accurate sentences expressing actions that started in the past and continue to the present.
Target Audience and Level:
Grade 7 and above
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Target group and level
Grade 7 and above
Subjects
Present Perfect Continuous
How to use present perfect continuous?
The present perfect progressive, also present perfect continuous, is the tense used for actions that began in the past and last until a present or almost present moment. The timing of this action is not specified, instead, the result or process of the action is emphasised.
Here are the three main uses of the present perfect continuous:
to express an action in the recent past with emphasis on the action itself and not the result
Example: Aaron has been changing tyres all morning.
to express a single continuing action that started in the past and is incomplete at the present moment
Example: He has been working in this garage for ten years.
to express repeated actions that started in the past and continue now.
Example: Aaron has been repairing cars since he was sixteen years old.
The signal words for the present perfect progressive are: all day, the whole week, for 4 years, since 1993, lately etc.
To conjugate the present perfect progressive we follow the rule: have/has + been + verb in the -ing form.