3. Positive
Negative
I / you / we / they
I have been speaking.
he / she / it
Question
I have not been
speaking.
He has been speaking. He has not been
speaking.
Exceptions in spelling when adding ing
final e is dropped
(but: ee is not changed)
Have I been speaking?
Has he been speaking?
Example
come – coming
(but: agree – agreeing)
after a short, stressed vowel, the final consonant sit – sitting
is doubled
l as final consonant after a vowel is doubled (in
British English)
travel – travelling
final ie becomes y
lie – lying

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Put the verbs into the correct form (present perfect
progressive).
He (work)________________in this company since 1985.
I (wait)_____________________for you since two o'clock.
Mary (live)____________________in Germany since 1992.
He (play)_______________________tennis for five hours.
How long (learn / you)______________________English?
We (look for)_________________the motorway for more
than an hour.
I (live)________________without electricity for two weeks.
The film (run / not)_______________for ten minutes yet,
but there's a commercial break already.
How long (work / she)___________________in the garden?
She (not / be)________________in the garden for more
than an hour.