The document discusses the present perfect continuous tense in English. It explains that the present perfect continuous tense describes an action that began in the past and continues in the present without being completed. It provides examples of sentences using the present perfect continuous tense with "have/has been" followed by the -ing form of the verb. It also discusses using "since" to indicate when an action started and "for" to show a duration of time. There are then exercises providing sentences to change to the present perfect continuous tense.

1. Mrs. Anabel Montes - English teacher

2. Have/has been -ing
 Have/has been –ing is the present perfect
continuous:
I/we/they/you have (=
I’ve, etc.) been
doing, waiting,
playing, etc.he/she/it has (= he’s,
etc.)

3. The present perfect continuous
talks about an action that
started in the past and
continues in the present. The
action is not yet complete. It
tells how long the action has
been in progress.

4. He has been washing windows
since 8:00.
They have been waiting for the
bus for twenty minutes.

5. Present perfect continuous
I
You
We
The
y
have
been working
since 8:00.
for two hours.
He
She
It
has

6. Since & For
You can use the present perfect
continuous for
actions that are repeated over a period of
time:
 Debbie is a very good tennis player.
She’s been playing since she was eight.
 Every morning they meet in the same
café. They’ve been going there for
years.

7.  For shows an amount of time.
for three hours
for ten days
 Since tells when an action started
since 2:00
since he came to the United States

8. Present Perfect Continuous-
present perfect simple
Exercises

9. a. Make sentences in present
perfect continuous:

10. 1) She(work) here for five
years.

11. 2) I (study) all day..

12. 3) You (eat) a lot recently..

13. 4) We (live) in London for six
months..

14. 5) He (play) football, so he's
tired..

15. 6) They (learn) English for two
years..

16. 7) I (cook) so I'm really hot..

17. 8) She (go) to the cinema every
weekend for years..

18. 9) It (rain) the pavement is wet..

19. 10) You (sleep) for twelve
hours..

20. 11) I (not/work) today..

21. 12) You (not/eat) well recently..

22. 13) We (not/exercise) enough..

23. 14) She (not/study)..

24. 15) They (not/live) here for very
long..

25. 16) It (not/snow)..

26. 17) He (not/play) football for
five years..

27. 18) We (not/drink) enough
water - that's why we feel tired..

28. 19) I (not/sleep) I was reading..

29. 20) They (not/watch) TV much
recently.