Present Perfect Progressive Tense.

Have/has+ been Ving.

E.g. I have been doing … John has been doing …Has he been doing …? They have not been doing …

1.4.1. Study the list of meanings expressed with the help of Present Tenses and give your own examples. Indicate the Tense.

1. Up to now continuing past	How long have you been waiting?
2. Recent past linked to present	You’ve been smoking again!
3. Temporary duration	I’ve been reading it for a week.
4. Attitude or feeling	I hate to think ….
5. Timetable	The plane takes offat …
6. Permanent situation	The Judge sitsin the Court.
7. Temporary situation	She is staying at a hotel.
8. Negative comment	He is always insultingpeople.
9. Remark about behaviour	You are beingso kind, dear.
10. Past linked to present	I have taken the wrong road.
11. Obvious result	Look! You’ve stainedyour shirt.
12. Accomplishment	Hehas builthis house at last.
13. Up to present experience	It's the first time I have tasted kiwi.
14. Absence of experience.	Never in my life have I askedfor help

1.4.2. Match grammar structures with their meaning.

1. I have never asked for help.	A/ Recent past B/ Absence of experience C/ Permanent situation
2. How long have you been here for?	A/ Temporary duration B/ Up to now continuing past C/ Past linked to present
3. It's the last time I have lent my money to anybody.	A/ Up to present experience B/ Temporary situation C/ Obvious result
4. I am living with my sister now.	A/ Temporary duration B/ Temporary situation C/ Moment of speaking
5. Those bikers are always making so much noise.	A/ Negative comment B/ Behavioural remark C/ Permanent situation
6. George has ruined everything that they have created together.	A/ Past linked to present. B/ Attitude or feeling C/ Obvious result
7. After years of search they have found the hidden treasure.	A/ Obvious result B/ Accomplishment C/ Past linked to present
8. I love cleaning my apartment	A/ Attitude or feeling B/ Remark about behaviour C/ Obvious result
9. This monument has always stood here covered in scaffolding	A/ Permanent situation B/ Past linked to present C/ Unfinished past
10. Global warming is increasing the danger of health risks	A/ Up to now continuing past B/ Developing situation C/ Negative comment

1.4.3. Fill in the gaps with the appropriate choice. Explain the difference.

1. So, you … here again.

2. I … that he is a real gentlemen.

3. My grandson … a flu two times this winter.

4. This is the most delicate situation that I … myself in.

5. What natural disaster … hit Turkey recently?

6. Usually, he … a pack of cigarettes a day.

7. Why … we go out for a drink?

8. All rivers … into the sea

9. Look! You can see that the ice … at 0C

10. Some parts of Africa … out of food. This must be stopped.

1. A/ are coming B/ have come C/ come D/ have been going

2. A/ am thinking B/ think C/ am feeling D/ feels

3. A/ has caught B/ is catching C/ catches D/ caught

4. A/ am finding B/ find C/ have found D/found

5. A/ hits B/ has hit C/ is hitting D/ has heated

6/ A/ smokes B/ is smoking C/ has smoked D/ smoke

7/ A/don't B/ do C/ aren't D/ shall

8/ A/are flowing B flew C/ have flown D/ flow

9/ A/is melting B/ melts C/ has melted D/ melt

10/ A/ are running B/ run C/ have run D/ ran

1.4.4. Fill the gaps in the text below with verbs. Use the words given by changing the form if necessary.

School truants are much more likely to be regular smokers, … alcohol and take illegal drugs, says a survey. The survey in the UK shows that missing school can have serious long-term health implications. Truancy … to be a stubborn problem to tackle in British schools. The government has always highlighted the strong link between truancy and juvenile crime. This survey … that it also has links with health and the use of illegal drugs. Among the 11 to 15 year olds who play truant, over a third … regular smokers and … for more than a year. Pupils who do not play truant are six times less likely to be smokers. Girls are more likely to smoke than boys. More than half the pupils who … truant, also drink alcohol. Only 18% of the non-truants are saying that they … for more than a year. The oldest pupils in the sample, the 15 year olds, are much more likely … alcohol than the younger pupils. There is also a big difference between truants and non-truants in whether they use illegal drugs. 35% of truants are saying that they … drugs for more than a year, compared with 6% of the non-truants. The research … 10,000 pupils in 321 English schools.

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1.4.5. GRAMMAR-GLOSS. Read the text only once, then mask it and write a free version of what you have read in the space provided. Focus on Present Perfect Progressive (you can use other tenses as well)

An unmanned spacecraft has landed on an asteroid nearly 200 million miles from Earth. It has been travelling for several years and has finally touched down on the surface of this small space body. This is the first time that any spacecraft has landed on a small body as this one. The spaceship probe has sent close-range pictures showing details on the surface of the asteroid. The camera has now been working for several hours. The quality of the pictures is described as unbelievable. The spacecraft has broadcast live images to Earth and millions of net surfers have been watching them on the internet. Asteroids are materials left over from the formation of the Solar System. They are rocky and metallic objects that orbit the Sun, but they are too small to be considered planets. They have their trajectories and orbits travelling in the deep space and obeying the laws of gravitation. Research of asteroids has been going on actively on for the last decades. Scientists want to know more about the composition of asteroids because asteroids contain material from the very first moments of our solar system. Research of this material is very important for scientists in order to make discoveries about the origin of the solar system and our small planet.

1.4.6. Visualise in your mind's eye the picture of a sleeping person and his room on the New Year's eve. What has he been doing and left unfinished?

Half-decorated New Year tree, half-cooked turkey, half-made Christmas pudding, half-cleaned room with a vacuum cleaner, half-done laundry, unfinished invitations to guests etc.

1.5. Past Simple Tense

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