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Área: English Asignatura: English Curso: 8th
Fecha: 11 al 17-02 Periodo: I Nº Hor: 12hr Semana: 4
Tema: PresentPerfectContinuous
Indicador Students will be able to use the present perfect continuous.
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Exploración to use the present perfect continuous
Contextualización
Conceptualización
Present Perfect Continuous:
Some people think the present perfect continuous is difficult to use, but really it's not very complicated,
and it sounds very impressive when you use it correctly.
There are two main times we use this tense. Remember we can't use it withstative verbs.
1: To say how long for unfinished actions which started in the past and continue to the
present. We often use this with for and since. 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.
2: Actions which have just stopped (though the whole action can be unfinished) and have a result,
which we can often see, hear, or feel, in the present (focus on action).
EMOCIÓN
I’m so tired, I’ve been studying.
I've been running, so I'm really hot.

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It's been raining, the pavement is wet.
I've been reading your book, it's very good.
Producción
Present Perfect Continuous
How good are you at the Present Perfect Continuous tense? It's not a very common tense, and often it's
not taught in classes, but we do use it sometimes and it's very good to know how to make it, and to
recognise it when other people use it.
Luckily, it's very easy to make. Here's the positive (it's the present perfect of 'be' + verb -ing):
Positive Positive Short Form
I have been walking I've been walking
you have been running you've been running
he has been cooking he's been cooking
she has been swimming she's been swimming
it has been raining it's been raining
we have been studying we've been studying
they have been sleeping they've been sleeping
To make the negative, just add 'not':
Negative Negative Short Form
I have not been walking I haven't been walking
you have not been running youhaven't been running
he has not been cooking he hasn't been cooking
she has not been swimming shehasn't been swimming
it has not been raining ithasn't been raining
ACCIÓN
we have not been studying wehaven't been studying
they have not been sleeping they haven't been sleeping

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Try making the positive and negative forms here
Can you guess how to make the question form of the present perfect continuous? It's not very difficult -
just put 'have' or 'has' before the subject:
'Yes / No' Questions
have I been walking?
have you been running?
has he been cooking?
has she been swimming?
has it been raining?
have we been studying?
have they been sleeping?
For 'wh' questions put the question word first:
'Yes / No' Questions
what have I been doing?
where have you been running?
what has he been studying?
why has she been working today?
how long has it been raining?
how long have we been watching this film?
how long have they been living here?
Modelación
The present perfect progressive tense
It has severaldifferent uses. One is very similar to a common use
of the "normal" present perfect tense: showing anaction that began in the past and that is still
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the length of thecontinuing activity. In addition, use of the presentperfect progressive often suggests
that the actionhas continued with no interruption from its beginning
until the present.
For this use of the present perfect progressive, the"timewords" for and since are very commonly used:
Joe has been studying at State Universitysince September.
The baby has been crying for a long time.What's wrong?
I've been driving since daybreak. I'll have tostop soon, I think.
Other "time words" are also commonly used withpresent perfect progressive--in particular, all + a
periodof time:
It's been snowing all day. When willit stop?
She's been studying all morning. I'm sureshe'll take a break soon.
I've been thinking about Bob all week.I really miss him!
We've been trying to reach Sara all afternoon.Where could she be?
To add even more emphasis to the idea that the actionhas been uninterrupted, the set phrase the
entire ____is sometimes used:
It's been snowing the entire day and there'sno end in sight.
She's been studying the entire morning. She'll
have a headache if she doesn't take a break soon.
I've been thinking about Bob the entire week.
I hope everything's OK with him.
We've been trying to reach Sara the entire
afternoon. Are you sure she's at home?
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Bibliografía
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II. The big picture (2011). Santillana Education. S.L Richmond Publishing.
III. Top Notch (2011). Second Edition, Student book. Pearson Education, Inc.