Homework checking P.8

Present Perfect Continuous Tense have/has + been + doing Grammar (II)

present not being able to sleep well I’m still not sleeping well.I returned home. I have not been sleeping well since I returned home. past

Summary1: 1.We use the present perfect continuous tense to talk about actions that started in the past and are still continuing. _______________________ ________________

Summary2: We also use the present perfect continuous tense to talk about actions that have just finished but are still connected to the present in some way. _____________________________ ________________________________

Kelly: ----Sorry I’m late. Have you been waiting long? Mavis:---- Yes. I’ve been waiting for an hour. Mavis started waiting for Kelly.Kelly arrives. past One hour ago present

1.We use the present perfect tense to talk about an action completed in the recent past, and the present perfect continuous tense for an action that started in the past and is still happening. Present perfect or present perfect continuous tense? (P.10)

past now future PPT: have done have been doing PPCT _______________________

Li Jia _____________ (read) a book about Stonehenge. (She finished reading the book.) Li Jia ______________ (read) a book about Stonehenge. (She is still reading the book.) has read has been reading

*2.We can use the present perfect tense for repeated actions, and the present perfect continuous tense for non-stop actions.

I ____________(visit) Egypt many times. (repeated actions) The man _______________ (skate) this morning. (non-stop action) have visited has been skating

3.We usually use the present perfect tense to ask questions beginning with how many or how much, and the present perfect continuous tense to ask questions beginning with how long.

How long have you been swimming in the lake? How many times have you swum in the lake?

4.We can use either a state verb or an action verb with the present perfect tense but we usually can only use an action verb with the present perfect continuous tense.

1)She has had the pen for 2 years. 2)She has written many compositions with this pen. 3)She has been writing compositions with this pen. state verb action verb

5.We use the present perfect tense, not the present perfect continuous tense, with the words like never, yet, already and ever. ( ) I have never visited America. ( ) I have already been to America. ( ) I have never been visiting America. √ √ 

现在完成进行体和现在完成进 行体有时可以互换使用，含义 无甚差别。 We’ve been living here for ten years. We’ve lived here for ten years.

但是，由于现在完成进行体还 带有进行体的持续性、暂时性 和未完成性的含义，有时就不 可以与现在完成进行体互换使 用。 Who’s been eating my dinner? Who’s eaten dinner?

1)Go through what we learnt today and get familiar with them. 2)Finish the exercises on Student’s Book, Page 11 ( A, B) 3) 《导航》（ Grammar ） Homework: