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1. He has already eaten his lunch.
2. I have just posted the letter.
3. She has published a book recently.
4. I have always wanted to have a house.
5. I have known him since childhood.
6. I haven’t seen you for ages.
7. Have you ever been to London?
8. Has he gone to Moscow yet?
9. Have you seen her lately?
10. They have never worked abroad.
11. I haven’t seen Jim so far.
12. You haven’t answered my question yet.
4.3. Present Perfect - Continuous (have / has been doing)
Revision 1:
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Is it raining?
No, but the ground is wet.
It has been raining all night.
Present Perfect Continuous – продовжена
(не)завершена дія, яка пов’язана з теперішнім часом.
Revision 2: Study the whole table of present tenses:
| Simple Tense (простий час) | Continuous (тривалий) | Perfect (здійснений) | Perfect-Continuous | |
| Present (теперішній) | + I study every day. ? Do you study well? - I don’t study well. | +He is reading now. ? Is he reading? - He is not reading. | + I have just done it. ? Have you done it? - I haven’t done it yet. | + I have been waiting for you for an hour. ? Have you been waiting? - I haven’t been waiting for long. |
Revision 3: Study the situations when the present perfect-continuous tense is used.
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Study with us again:
+ He has been painting this picture for two hours.
? Has he been painting this picture since morning? – Yes, he has. / No, he hasn’t.
- He hasn’t been painting this picture for long.
Revision 4: Compare I am doing and I have been doing:
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| be doing | have been doing | |||||||||
| · Don’t disturb me. I’m writing. | · I’ve been working hard for two hours. | |||||||||
| · We need an umbrella. It’s raining now. | · The ground is wet. It has been raining. |
Help:
Exist – існувати
Differentiate – розрізняти
Participle – дієприкметник
Recently / lately – нещодавно
Visible – видимий, очевидний
Be over – скінчувати
Prolonged – продовжений
Explanation – пояснення
