11 PRE-INTERMEDIATE │Present Perfect Continuous

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-Hi! Here is a video of a new series of review lessons of English Grammar according to our English course. Level: PRE-INTERMEDIATE IV -------------------------------------- * -------------------------------------- You can go to my blog or/and fan page for more free lessons and resources: ✍ https://englishwithrik.blogspot.com/ Join our group to practice your English: 👬👭👫🧑‍🤝‍🧑 https://www.facebook.com/groups/engli... ---------------------------------------*-------------------------------------- Form has/have + been + -ing (present participle) Positive and negative Question Short answer Have you been running? Yes, I have. / No, I haven't. Use We use the Present Perfect Continuous: to express an activity which began in the past and continues in the present. He's been teaching music for years. It's been raining for days. to refer to an activity with a result in the present. I'm hot because I've been running. I haven't got any money because I've been shopping. Examples How long has he been living in London? He's been making programmes since 2007. Alice has been looking for a new job for ages. He's got a sore throat because he's been singing too much. He's got backache because he's been digging the garden. Present Perfect Simple or Continuous Sometimes there is little or no difference in meaning between the Present Perfect Simple and Continuous. How long have you worked/ have you been working here? Some verbs have the idea of a long time. We use them in the Present Perfect Continuous. wait work learn travel play I've been waiting for hours. Some verbs don't have the idea of a long time. It is unusual to find them in the Present Perfect Continuous. find start buy die lose break stop I've bought a new dress. For verbs that express a state, we don't use the Present Perfect Continuous. like love know have We've known each other for a few weeks. If the sentence gives a number or quantity, we use the Present Perfect Simple. I've been writing emails all morning. I've written twenty. ---------------------------------------- * -------------------------------------- Channel playlists: VOCABULARY: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLv... SPEAKING PRACTICE https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLv... GRAMMAR Review - BASIC: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLv... GRAMMAR Review - PRE-INTERMEDIATE: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLv... VIDEO LESSONS: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLv... SONGS: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLv... NEW HEADWAY 5TH ED: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLv... EMPOWER:https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLv...

Reference: New Headway 5th ed.

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