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Continuous or simple?

Present perfect cont.

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UNIT 10

Perfect: cont. or simple?

UNIT 9 · Intermediate · B1–B2

Present Perfect Continuous“I have been doing” — 44 interactive questions

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📖 Grammar Reference — Present Perfect Continuous

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What you’ll learnActivities continuing up to now

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44 questionsInstant feedback

A How we form it

SubjectI/you/we/they · he/she/it

have/has beenhave been · has been

verb + -ingwaiting

+ I‘ve been waiting · she‘s been waiting

? How long have you been waiting?

B An activity continuing up to now

It started in the past and is still happening (or has just stopped). It focuses on the activity and its duration.

forsinceHow long…?all dayrecentlylately

C Continuous vs simple perfect

⏳ I’ve been reading all day. (activity/duration)

# I’ve read this book twice. (how many → simple)

💧 It’s been raining. (recent result: wet ground)

✗ ~~I’ve been knowing him.~~ → state verb: I’ve known him.

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Remember — have/has been + -ing = an activity that started in the past and continues up to now (or just stopped). Ask How long…? with for / since.

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