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5.8 Present Perfect Progressive: Statements

Affirmative and Negative Statements
Subject Have or Has (Not) Been Verb + -ing
have
I/We/You/They for six months.
have not/haven’t
been working since last year.
has
He/She/It lately/recently.
has not/hasn’t

1. Use the present perfect progressive: get up early
a. to talk about an action or situation that a.
started in the past and continues in the now
present
I’ve been getting up early lately.
b. to emphasize that a repeated action is b. She’s been walking to work this week.
only temporary (She usually drives, but her car is broken.)
c. to emphasize that an action or situation c. A: Why is there paint on your shirt?
was completed very recently B: I’ve been painting my living room.
(I just finished painting it.)
2. Use for or since with the present perfect I haven’t been thinking clearly for a few days.
progressive to tell how long the action has He has been sleeping since he got home.
been happening.
3. Remember: We do not usually use ✓ They’ve known Ed for a long time.

non-action verbs with the progressive. ✗ They’ve been knowing Ed for a long time.

4 Complete each sentence with the present perfect progressive form of the verb in
parentheses.

1. I have been reading (read) about the Inuit for my assignment.

2. Inuit people (live) in the Arctic regions for over a
thousand years.

3. Their way of life (change) in recent years.

4. In Canada, some Inuit (earn) money as artists.

5. Some schools (not teach) children in their native
languages.

6. More tourists (visit) Greenland recently.

7. More people (write) about Inuit culture.

8. Interest in the Inuit (grow).

9. Inuit people (use) dog sleds for hundreds of years.

10. Some governments (not help) the Inuit.

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