Present Perfect Continuous или Загадка настоящего совершенного продолженного времени

Present Perfect Continuous Quiz

What grammar tense is it?

It expresses actions or events that began in the past and are now finished.

Signal words

Already

yet

ever

never

just

before

Open the brackets. Use Present Perfect tense.

• Santa _____ already ________ presents for children. (buy)
• They _____ ________ a lot of prizes. (win)
• A mouse _____ just ________ some cheese. (eat)

4. She _____ just ________ football. (play)

5. I _____ just ________ my bike. (break)

What grammar tense is it?

It describes an action that is going on at this moment.

Signal words

now

at the moment

Watch the video and choose the right answer.

1. The bird is flying / watching TV. 

2. The cat is opening the fridge / looking at the chicken / eating chicken.  

3. The dog is running / sitting / jumping / barking at the squirrel. 

4. The dog is having a message/having a shower. 

5. The dog is listening to pop music/rock music. 

Watch the video and answer some questions.

A new grammar tense!

Present Perfect Continuous

Try to guess the structure.

Listen and find the sentence in the Present Perfect Continuous

How to Use the Present Perfect Continuous Tense?

I‘ve been living in Moscow for 4 years. I’ve moved there 4 years ago. Now I’m living in Moscow.

Present Perfect Continuous - настоящее совершенное продолженное

Действие, которое началось в прошлом и до сих пор продолжается.

For, since, all day long

I, you, we, they

+

He, she, it

You have been jumping for 2 hours

-

You have not been jumping for 2 hours

1?

He has been jumping for 2 hours

He has not been jumping for 2 hours

Have you been jumping for 2 hours?

1?

Why have you been jumping for 2 hours?

Has he been jumping for 2 hours?

Why has he been jumping for 2 hours?

Use Present Perfect Continuous Tense.

1. I/to read/this book/for three days.

2. We/to play volleyball/ for twenty minutes.

3. She/to clean/the flat/for more than an hour.

4. Peter/to swim/for half an hour.

5. Anna/to speak/on the phone/for an hour now.

6. You/to wait/for a bus/for ten minutes only.

7. Nelly and Mary/to do the shopping/since early morning.

8. It/to snow/since last night.

9. Jack and his friend/ to ride bikes/for three hours now.

Thank you for the lesson.

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