All + _____: all morning, all day, all week, etc.
Lately
Recently
Remember
!
-
Stative verbs are not used in the progressive. Therefore, the
present perfect is used with stative verbs to describe the duration of a
state.
Mind:
I have known Alex since he was a child.
I have been knowing Alex since he was a child. (
X
)
- When the tense is used without any specific mention of time, it
expresses a general
activity in progress recently, lately.
Examples:
I have been thinking about changing my major.
All of the students have been studying hard. Final exams start next
week.
My back hurts, so I have been sleeping on the floor lately. The
bed is
too soft.
- With certain verbs (most
notably live, work, teach), there is no
difference in meaning between the two tenses when
since or
for is
used.
Examples:
I have lived here since 1995.
I have been living here since 1995 .
He has worked at the same store for ten years.
He has been working at the same store for ten years.
Exercise 11 Page 43
Use present perfect or present perfect
progressive
1. It (snow)
has been snowing all day. I wonder when it will stop.
2. We (have)
have had three major snowstorms so far this winter. I
wonder how many more we will have.
3. It's ten P.M. I (study)
have been studying for two hours and
probably won't finish until midnight.
4. I (write)
have written them three times, but I still haven't received a
reply.
5. The telephone (ring)
has rung four times in the last hour, and each
time it has been for my office mate.
6. The telephone (ring)
has been ringing for almost a minute. Why
doesn't someone answer it?
7. A: (you, be)
Have you been able to reach Bob on the phone yet?
B: Not yet. I (try)
have been trying for the
last twenty minutes, but
all I get is a busy signal.
8. A: Hi, Jenny. I (see, not)
have not seen you for weeks. What (you,
do)
have you been doing lately?