1. has/have + been + present participle
A) Make sentences. Use the Present Perfect Continuous
1. Your father / cook / all weekend.
I / You / we / they have been working. ______________________________________________
He / she / it has been working. 2. Tom / drive / for three hours / and hasn´t arrived yet.
______________________________________________
3. Our grandmother / have / a rest since lunch time.
______________________________________________
I / You / we / they haven´t been working. 4. The students / play / chess for three hours.
He / she / it hasn´t been working. ______________________________________________
5. The baby / sleep / the whole morning.
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Have I / You / we / they been working?
Has He / she / it been working? B) Complete the sentences with the verbs from the box. Use
the present Perfect continuous.
influence try work read talk report
UNFINISHED ACTIONS CONTINUNG UP TO NOW
( MOST VERBS)
1. The news _____________ a lot of tragic happening recently.
• To say how long ( often with since and for) 2. Psychologists defend that some TV programmes
_____________ our mind in a negative way.
Example: I´ve been learning English since last month. 3. We _____________ about lots of things, but we
_____________(neg.) about you.
• To say how we have been filling our time up to now. 4. Mark _____________ as a freelance reporter for tree
months.
Example: “You look tired.” “ Yes, I´ve been working 5. They _____________ to interview the top model but so far it
really hard this week. has been impossible.
6. _____________ (se) about ministers` private lives?
