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1. Make up short dialogues using the Present Perfect and one of the prompts given.

Have you ever met a movie star?

Have you cried in a cinema?

Have you left the cinema before the movie ended?

Have you ever been in a video conference?

Have you ever had a computer virus?

Have you ever used an Internet chat?

Have you ever spent a night in hospital?

Have you ever broken a bone?

Have you ever had an operation?

Have you ever cheated on an exam?

Have you ever played truant?

Have you ever copied homework from someone else?

Have you ever been on TV?

The present perfect continuous

FORMATION

Affirmative

Negative

Interrogative

I

You

He

She

It

We

You

They

have been

has been

have been

working

I

You

He

She

It

We

You

They

have not been

has not been

have not

working

Have

H as

Have

I

you

he

she

it

we

you

they

been working?

The Present Perfect Continuous is formed with the auxiliary to be in the Present Perfect + the Present Participle: I have been working for two hour already.

The negative is formed by adding not to the auxiliary to be in the Present Perfect + the Present Participle.

The interrogative is formed by inverting the auxiliary to be in the Present Perfect and the subject + the Present Participle.

USAGE

The Present Perfect Continuous is used to denote:

1) an action which began in the past and is still going on at the moment of speaking: I have been waiting for an hour and he hasn't turned up yet.

2) an incomplete action: I've been cleaning the house but I still haven't finished.

3) duration of an action: I've been writing letters all morning.

4) an action which has recently finished and its result is evident now: I've been running. That's why I look hot.

Note: 1) We use the Present Perfect Simple instead of the Present Perfect Continuous with stative verbs (know, believe, like, etc.).

e.g. I've known Sharon since we were at school together. (NOT: I`ve-been-knowing Sharon)

2) With the verbs live, feel and work we can use the Present Perfect Continuous or the Present Perfect Simple with no difference in meaning.

e.g. He has been living/has lived here since 1998.

3) The negative form of the Present Perfect Continuous is quite rare. It is usually

replaced by the negative form of the Present Perfect Simple.

e.g. She hasn’t studied French since 2007.

The following time expressions can be used with the Present Perfect Continuous:

how long, for, since.

E X E R C I S E S

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