A better world Present perfect progressive Presentation Complete

A better world! Present perfect progressive Presentation Complete the statements Practice

Presentation Home Previous Next Present perfect progressive Affirmative and negative They have been planting trees. Subject have / has I / You / We / They have / haven’t has / hasn’t He / She / It Complete the rules. We use the present perfect progressive to talk about an action or activity which began in the _____ and continues in past present. the _____ been + verb + - ing been talking. Listen to the grammar examples. Repeat. We have been talking about the environment. Hannah hasn’t been watching a lot of TV recently.

Presentation Home Previous Next Present perfect progressive Interrogative and short answers You look hot. Have you been running? Have / Has Subject been + verb + - ing Have I / you / we / they been running? Has he / she / it been running? Short answers Yes, I have. Affirmative Negative Yes, I / you / we / they have. No, I / you / we / they haven’t. Yes, he / she / it has. No, he / she / it hasn’t. Watch out! We make present perfect progressive interrogative with have / has followed by the subject pronoun and been + verb with -ing. Has he been working hard? Yes, he has. Listen to the grammar examples. Repeat. Has Sarah been helping the environment? Yes, she has. Have the children been studying? No, they haven’t.

Presentation Home Previous Next Present perfect progressive how long + since / for How long have you been doing environmental projects? Complete the rules. We use how long, since, and for to talk about the _____. duration For one week. Listen to the grammar examples. Repeat. How long have they been talking? For about two hours.

Complete the statements Home Previous Next Present perfect progressive Complete the sentences with the present perfect progressive form of the verbs in parentheses. has been talking Nathan ___________ (talk) to his friends online since 9 a. m. 1 2 3 4 has been shopping Jenny ___________ (shop) all day. ’ve visiting Webeen ___________ (visit) monuments all weekend. haven’t been studying I ___________ (not study) as much as I should. hasn’t been doing Rob ___________ (not do) much exercise recently. 5 hasn’t been raining It ___________ (not rain) a lot this month. 6 ’ve been drinking I ___________ (drink) more water because it’s so hot. haven’t been watching 7 The children ___________ (not watch) TV because they don’t have time.

Practice Home Previous Next Present perfect progressive Write questions with How long and answers with for or since. A you / learn / about trees B last week How long have you been learning about trees ______________________? Since last week ________. 1 A greenhouse gases / increase How long have greenhouse gases been increasing ______________________? 2 A Amy / use / public transportation How long has Amy been using public transportation ______________________? 3 A Nick / train / for the race How long has Nick been training for the race ______________________? 4 A Jess / prepare / for the exam How long has Jess been preparing for the exam ______________________? B many years For many years ________. B last month Since last month ________. B January Since January ________. B ten months For ten months ________.