Present Perfect Continuous

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Rules
Present Perfect Continuous

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…to talk about actions that started in the past and are still
continuing until the very present moment or have just stopped
and have present results
for
since
lately
recently
How long…?
I’ve been living here for 5 years.
I haven’t been sleeping much lately.
How long have you been learning English?
All (day)…

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Exercises
Present Perfect Continuous

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Fill in the gaps with Present Perfect
Continuous of the verbs in brackets.
1.
How long ________
have you __________________
been going out with Gerry? (to go out)
2.
You look dirty. What _______
____________________
all day? (to do)
have you been
doing
3.
has Roger _____________________
been living
How long ______
New York? (to live)
4.
has been learning
She _______________________________
French words for hours, but she still
doesn't remember all of them. (to learn)
5.
have been watching
The children _______________________________
videos for two hours. (to watch)
6.
Has he ____________________
been studying
_______
hard today? (to study)
7.
has been using
My father _______________________________
this app for two weeks. (to use)
8.
Have you been
waiting for long? (to wait)
Sorry, I'm late. ___________
_______________
9.
haven’t been studying
We _______________________________
lately. (not/to study)
has been writing
10. He _______________________________
his essay all day! (to write)

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Great Job!