Present perfect progressive Past perfect progressive

Future Perfect Will have + -ed Actions completed by a certain time in the future By 6 pm tonight, she will have cooked dinner. By next week, I will have completed all my presentations. By this time next time, I will have visited the U.S.

Future Perfect Progressive Will have + been + -ing verb An action that starts before a time in the future and continues up to that time In April 2009, I will have been teaching here for 2 years.

Future perfect progressive (2) If someone asks you, how long have you been going to school here? You might want to answer with an even number, so you might say: “In June, I will have been attending school here for 2 years.”

Present Perfect Progressive Have/has + been + -ing verb Actions that started in the past and are continuing to now. Focus on the process. Often used with time phrases “for” and “since” I have been living in London for two years. She’s been working here since 2004. I’m so tired because I’ve been running.

Past perfect progressive Had + been +-ing verb An action that started in the PAST PAST and continued up to another event or action in the past The cause of something in the past She had been working for the company a year when she met James. The road was wet because it had been raining.

She had been working for the company a year when she met James. The road was wet because it had been raining. Working for the company Met James Now

Some differences & Notes *Progressive tenses (-ing) always focus on the process or continuation of something Difference between past perfect & past perfect progressive=??? Difference between present perfect & present perfect progressive=??? *Past perfect & Past perfect progressive= PAST PAST. Must be before something else in the past. *Future perfect & Future perfect progressive= BY some time in the future

Practice Cards Will have eaten Will have been eating Has been eating Had been eating Has eaten Had eaten

By the year 2020, humans _____ most of the worlds animals. Will have eaten

You’re saying that your stomach is in pain. What _____ recently? Have you eaten, have you been eating

We _______ lunch for almost an hour before she final arrived. Had been eating

Yes, I ______ eggplant before. Have eaten

She __(not)__ eaten tofu until she came to Asia. Had not eaten

If we keep eating like this, by 3 PM, we _____ for over two hours. Will have been eating

She ______ vegetables ever since she was a baby. Has eaten, has been eating

Had been eating, had eaten When I went to pick up the food I had dropped on the floor, it wasn’t much left because the ants ______ it. Had been eating, had eaten