Read the Learn this! box and complete the rules. Use the dialogue to help you. How many examples of this tense are there in the dialogue?
LEARN THIS! Present perfect continuous a. We form the present perfect continuous with have/ 1________ + 2________+ -ing form. b. We use the present perfect continuous: 1. for an action that began in the past and is still in progress. You 3_________working much this term. Why not? We often use for or 4_________to say how long the action has been in progress. They 5_________living in Paris 6_________ ten years. 2. for an action that has recently been in progress and which explains the current situation. I'm hot because I 7_________ running. |
1. has
2. been
3. have been
4. since
5. have been
6. for
7. have bee