Exercises. Choose between have and has to complete the sentences. been working all day. been studying all morning. been eating the whole time. been sleeping for four hours. been arguing for half an hour. Complete the sentences using the present perfect progressive. Claire (teach) English since 2006. She has been cleaning the room since morning. Past Perfect Continuous Tense is used to express a past action which started in the past and continued to happen after another action or time in the past. Past Perfect Continuous Tense tell us “how long the action had continued” or ” the duration of the action” is emphasized more in this tense. 2. The present perfect continuous is also used without indication of duration. This use indicates an action that has occurred "lately" or "recently". Examples: I have been feeling really tired, recently. She has been smoking too much lately. Present perfect simple. Exercise on the present perfect simple and continuous. The present perfect can be a difficult tense to teach learners of English as a second language, and the use of for and since only makes it harder. So give your students a break with this beautiful song. This song includes 13 examples of the present perfect (10 present perfect simple and 3 present perfect… .

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