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21st January 2025

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Tuesday

MATERIALS AND CONTAINERS 

Objectve : present perfect continuous 


Present Perfect Continuous 

Present Perfect Simple (have +V3)

Present Perfect Continuous (have +been + V-ing )

Focuses on the result

You have cleaned the bathroom ! It looks clean !

Focuses on the activity

I’ve been gardening . It is so nice there!

Says ‘ how many “

She has read ten books this summer .

Says “ how long “

She has been reading this book all day.

 Describes a completed action 

I have written you an email.

 Describes an activity which may continue 

I have been writing emails.

 

 When we can see evidence of recent activity 

The grass looks wet. Has it been raining ? 

I know! I look red. I have been running !


Source : https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/grammar/b1-b2-grammar/present-perfect-simple-continuous





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4/ 58 

1.  My brother has swum with dolphins in Florida
2.  I have been calling John for hours and hours and he hasn't answered.
3. He has ridden on the backs of elephants in India.
4. We have known Julie for ten years
5. She has had a cold for two weeks.
6. I've been hungry for hours.
7. She has been eating chocolate all morning, so she feels sick.
8. We have had a lot of turtles as pets.

3/58
1.Kate has recycled plastic bottles.
   Edward hasn't recycled plastic bottles
2.Kate hasn't turned off the TV.
   Edward hasn't turned off the TV.
3.Kate hasn't thrown away clothes.
   Edward has thrown away clothes.
4......

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page 56 - English contest 

progress check 

ADDITIONAL TRAINING FOR THE ENGLISH CONTEST 

 

PAST PERFECT 

 A finished action before a second point in the past.
  • When we arrived, the film had started (= first the film started, then we arrived).
We usually use the past perfect to make it clear which action happened first. Maybe we are already talking about something in the past and we want to mention something else that is further back in time. This is often used to explain or give a reason for something in the past.
  • I'd eaten dinner so I wasn't hungry.
  • It had snowed in the night, so the bus didn't arrive.
If it's clear which action happened first (if we use the words 'before' or 'after', for example), the past perfect is optional.
  • The film started before we arrived / the film had started before we arrived.











STATIVE VERBS 

Some verbs can be both stative and dynamic:

Be
be is usually a stative verb, but when it is used in the continuous it means 'behaving' or 'acting'
  • you are stupid = it's part of your personality
  • you are being stupid = only now, not usually
Think
  • think (stative) = have an opinion
    I think that coffee is great
  • think (dynamic) = consider, have in my head
    what are you thinking about? I'm thinking about my next holiday
Have
  • have (stative) = own
    I have a car
  • have (dynamic) = part of an expression
    I'm having a party / a picnic / a bath / a good time / a break
See
  • see (stative) = see with your eyes / understand
    I see what you mean
    I see her now, she's just coming along the road
  • see (dynamic) = meet / have a relationship with
    I've been seeing my boyfriend for three years
    I'm seeing Robert tomorrow
Taste
  • taste (stative) = has a certain taste
    This soup tastes great
    The coffee tastes really bitter
  • taste (dynamic) = the action of tasting
    The chef is tasting the soup

    ('taste' is the same as other similar verbs such as 'smell')



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