domingo, 26 de octubre de 2014

Present Perfect Progressive




The present perfect progressive expresses an action that recently stopped or is still going on. It puts emphasis on the duration or course of the action. But I now the meaning, the real problem is when I am talking. 


Signal words

all day, the whole day, since, for
Questions with how long



Examples:

  • I'm so tired, I've been studying.
  • I've been running, so I'm really hot.
  • It's been raining, the pavement is wet.
  • I've been reading your book, it's very good.
  • I've been living in London for two years.
  • She's been working here since 2004.
  • We've been waiting for the bus for hours.

Form


have/has + been + infinitive + -ing

This website has a lot of information and some excercises: http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/present-perfect-continuous-exercise-1.html



The next video is going to being you an idea of the correct use of this english tense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyrREnqBou8

And this video is an example of the ordinary use of the tense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWfDrPeBDl8




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