strforward intermediate student's book part 1.pdf

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G R A M M A R : present perfect continuous 1

Use the present perfect continuous

to talk about actions whi ch started in the past and are stil l

in progress now.

I've been living here for six months. { I s t i l l l ive here.)

often with time expressions and for or since. Use for + time

expression to talk about the length of time the action has

bee n t aki ng plac e. Use since + time expression to talk about

the starting point of the action.

for ten years, for a long time, for the last six months, ...

since I left London, since last September, since last Saturday ...

in questions with How long ... 1

How long have you been waiting?

Make the present perfect continuous with have/has + been +

verb+ ing.

I've been working here for over six months.

He's been working here since he was a boy.

Use the present perfect simple (not the continuous) with stative

verb s.

I've been here since last autumn. Not I've been being here.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT STATIVE VERBS AND

CONTINUOUS VERB FORMS, SEE PAGE 14

Q SEE LANGUAGE REFERENCE PAGE 74

Life changes I 7 A

Complete the text. Put the verbs in brackets into

the present perfect continuous.

Dave is a violinist. He (1) {study)

music for the last ten years and last year he

moved to London to look for work. Dave

(2) {live) in L o n d o n for five months

now and while he is looking for a job with

one of the London orchestras, he (3)

{work) as a wait er in an Italian restaurant.

One of his colleagues in the restaurant

(4) {also / look) for a job as a vio lini st

and for the past two months they (5){play) their violins for the customers in the

restaurant. Their concerts (6) {get) a

lot of attention in the local press and they

(7) {receive) requests to perform in

restaurants all over the city. Could this be the

beg inn ing of a new career?

2 Look at the time expressi ons in the box. Whi ch

ones can we use with /brand which ones with

since? M a r k the expressions for (F) and since (S).

a long time I left school

last summer about three hours

I started wor k the last two weeks

1996 agesas long as I can remember

3 Find three mistakes in the sentenc es and correct

them. Explain why the verbs are incorrect.

I haven't been understanding any of your

explanation.

How long have you been studying English?

How long have you been knowing your best

friend?

Ho w long have you been being in the classroom?

Ho w long have you been doing this lesson?

4 Work in pairs. Answer quest ions 2 5 in exercise 3

using expressions with for or since.

5 Choos e five of the expression s in exercise 2 and

writ e sen ten ces that are true for y ou, or a membe r

of your family, using the present perfectcontinuous.

My dad's been collecting jazz CDs for as long as I

can remember.

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