K EY WORDS P RESENT P ERFECT C ONTINUOUS Module 3
K EY W ORDS 1 airplane = avion balloon = balon bicycle = bicikl boat = camac bus = autobus car = auto coach = turisticki autobus* ferry = trajekt helicopter = helikopter hovercraft = hoverkraft lorry = kamion motorbike = motor ship = brod train = voz the underground = metro van = kombi yacht = jahta
K EY W ORDS 2 commuter = someone who regularly travels a long way to work cyclist = someone who rides a bike lorry driver = someone whose job is driving a lorry motorist = someone who drives a car pedestrian = someone who travels on foot
O N YOUR BIKE ? Do you use a bicycle? When? Are bicycles popular where you live? What are the advantages of bicycles over cars?
P RESENT P ERFECT C ONTINUOUS We use the Present Perfect Continuous to talk about: A repeated or continuous activity that started in the past and hasn’t been finished. I ’ve been going everywhere by bike for the last two months. An activity from the recent past which has consequences in the present. (The consequences are usually visible.) He ’s been doing his science project all night. (That’s why he’s so sleepy now)
F ORM : SUBJECT + HAVE / HAS + BEEN + - ING I have been waiting. You have been waiting. He /she / it has been waiting. We have been waiting. You have been waiting. They have been waiting.
F ORM : SUBJECT + HAVE / HAS + BEEN + - ING I haven’t been waiting. You haven’t been waiting. He /she / it hasn’t been waiting. We haven’t been waiting. You haven’t been waiting. They haven’t been waiting.
Have I been waiting? Have you been waiting? Has he / she / it been waiting? Have we been waiting? Have you been waiting? Have they been waiting?
P. 35 P RACTICE Ex. 7 a) Have been cycling b) Has he been selling c) Hasn’t been driving d) Have been playing e) Has been raining f) Has been smoking Ex It has been eating a bone. 3. He has been getting the ball. 4. She has been sunbathing. 5. She has been jogging.
P. 35, EX She has been sunbathing. 2. He has been running. 3. He has been eating chocolates. 4. He has been painting.