UNIT 4: THE WORLD OF SPORT
Focus on
• Games and Sports
• Fitness
• Present Perfect Continuous
• Present Perfect Continuous vs. Present Perfect Simple
• Relative Clauses (Defining / Non-Defining)
Present perfect continuous
Usage:
• to talk about something which started in the past and has been in progress
up to the present
I’ve been working hard all day. She’s been crying.
— with for/since
I’ve been learning English for a long time. It’s been raining since I got
up this morning.
— with How long... ?
How long have vou been waiting?
• when an action has been in progress up to the recent past and the action
has results in the present
It’s been snowing. (It isn’t snowing now, but there is snow on the
ground.)
He’s been painting. (He isn’t painting now, but there is paint on his
clothes.)
• to talk about repeated actions or situations in a period up to the present (or
the recent past)
I’ve been having driving lessons for six months.
They’ve been living in Cairo since February.
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NOTE:
Some verbs, e.g., know, understand, remember, like, etc. are not used in
the continuous form
I’ve been knowing him for about a year. => I’ve known him for about a
year.
POSITIVE FORM
have/has been + Participle I (verb +—ing)
I
You
We
have (‘ve) been living there for a week.
You
They
He
She
has (‘s) been working all day.
It
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