Teacher's Resource Book
Present perfect continuous
present perfect continuous
Affirmative: we use have/has + been + the -ing
form of the verb.
He’s been writing letters all morning.
Negative: we use haven’t/hasn’t + been + the
-ing form of the verb.
We haven’t been reading much lately.
Interrogative: we put have/has before the
subject + been + the -ing form of the verb.
You look hot! Have you been running?
1 Complete the conversations with the
correct form of present perfect continuous.
1 ‘How long ……………… he ………………
(play) that computer game?’
‘Since ten o’clock this morning!’
2 ‘You look dirty!’
‘I ……………… (repair) my motorbike.’
3 ‘Frank has got a black eye.’
‘……………… he ………………
(fight) again?’
4 ‘Why is she crying?’
‘She ……………… (watch) a sad film.’
5 ‘Mary looks tired.’
‘Yes. She ……………… (revise) all night for
her exams.’
6 ‘I’ve been here since one o’clock. What
……………… you ……………… (do)?’
‘I ……………… (look for) you!’
present perfect simple
We use the present perfect simple to emphasize:
the result of an activity (not the activity
itself).
We’ve written ten letters today.
how many times an activity happens.
I’ve read this book three times.
present perfect continuous
We use the present perfect continuous
to emphasize:
the process of an activity.
We’ve been writing letters since breakfast.
how long an activity continues.
I’ve been reading all morning.
2 Choose the correct tenses.
1 Steven Spielberg has directed / has been
directing over twenty films since 1980.
2 He has worked on / has been working on a
new film since January.
3 John Galliano has designed / has been
designing clothes for a long time.
4He has designed / has been designing two
new collections since last summer.
5 Lonely Planet have published / have been
publishing two new travel guides this month.
6 They have published / have been publishing
travel guides for years.
3 Complete the text. Use the correct form
of the present perfect simple or present
perfect continuous.
Ever since he was a teenager Alex Whitestone
1……………… (want) to travel. This year he
decided to do it. Alex gave up his job as a
journalist in July, and since then he
2……………… (travel) around the world. So far
he 3……………… (visit) four different
countries.
At the moment Alex is in Bangkok, in
Thailand. He 4……………… (already / be)
there for five days. ‘I 5……………… (never /
be)
to Asia before, so it was my first stop,’ he
explains.
So 6……………… he ……………… (buy) any
souvenirs yet? ‘Not yet,’ says Alex.
And what about the food? ‘It’s great! I
7……………… (eat) a lot of rice and fish,’ he
says.
During his travels Alex 8……………… (meet)
many other tourists. ‘I 9……………… (made)
some new friends,’ he says, ‘and we
10……………… (exchange) advice about where
to go and what to see. I 11………………
(also / write) a travel guide, but I
12……………… (not finish) it yet!’
