OBJECTIVES 1. Present perfect simple and continuous 2. Compound nouns 3. Activity at home page 43

HAS or HAVE verb in -ING BEEN + +

USES: 1) To talk about an ACTION in progress that started in the past, but is still happening. We’ve been waiting for the bus for twenty minutes

*It has been raining for two weeks. (It began raining two weeks ago.) (It is STILL raining now.)

2) Repeated actions started in the past up to now (not an action in progress...) Anna has been playing the piano since she was four 6

3) An action which ends just before the present I’ve been swimming! 7

KEY WORDS FOR & SINCE (with action verbs) They’ve been going out for a year / since last year 8

KEY WORDS HOW LONG (in questions) How long has she been crying? 9

KEY WORDS LATELY, RECENTLY (in the last few days or weeks) We have been working out lately 10

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS Emphasis on RESULT Stative verbs How many/ how much ACTIVITY Action verbs How long

EMPHASIS ON RESULT/ ACTIVITY PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE Emphasis on activity He’s been repairing the car Emphasis on result He’s repaired the car

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS STATIVE/ ACTION VERBS PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS I’ve known Ann for ages She’s been running for 45 minutes

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS HOW MANY, MUCH /HOW LONG PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS How much/many I’ve ironed 26 shirts How long I’ve been ironing since 10 o’clock

LIVE & WORK Live & work can be continuous or simple, with no difference in meaning We’ve been living in Vélez since 1992. We’ve lived in Vélez since 1992 I’ve worked for this company for 5 years I’ve been working for this company for 5 years

exercise 1 exercise 2 exercise 3 exercise 4 exercise 5 http://www.autoenglish.org/gr.percon.i.htm http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/ppvpast1.htm exercise 1 exercise 2 exercise 3 exercise 4 exercise 5

WHAT TYPE / WHAT PURPOSE COMPOUND NOUNS Formation Words can be combined to form compound nouns. These are very common, and new combinations are invented almost daily. They normally have two parts. The second part identifies the object or person in question (man, friend, tank, table, room). The first part tells us what kind of object or person it is, or what its purpose is (police, boy, water, dining, bed): WHAT TYPE / WHAT PURPOSE WHAT OR WHO police man boy friend water tank dining table bed room

SUN PACK CAMP THING BACK FLOWER BASE BOARD SUN MINT HORSE SHINE SKATE PRINTS BUTTER MELON SOME BERRY PEPPER BALL FOOT FIRE WATER BURGER CHEESE BACK BLUE FLY Vocabulary : Compound words – English

What are adjectives? Adjectives modify nouns or pronouns These words are all adjectives A hot day A happy camper A silly twit A big, bloody mess (both “big” and “bloody” modify “mess”) She is creative (“creative” is a subject complement that follows the linking verb “is”) A boring course (present participle used as an adjective

So what are adverbs? Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives and other adverbs Many adverbs end with ly Many adverbs answer the question “How?” These are adverbs Eating quickly (modifying a verb) Trying very hard (modifying an adverb) A really big show (modifying an adjective)

Recognizing Adjectives & Adverbs Many words have both an adjective and adverb form Adjective Adverb Happy kids Playing happily Smooth rock Running smoothly Good night Eating Well Efficient workers Working efficiently Casual dress Dressing casually Quick meeting Talking quickly hopeful children Waiting hopefully Real butter Really hot

Adverbs describe verbs. They tell how an action takes place. English adverbs ending in “ly” usually correspond to Spanish adverbs ending in “mente”. Lentamente Slowly

Explore this link you’ll find all kind of activities http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/english