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PRESENT PERFECT CONTIN UOUS FORM [has/have + been + present participle] Examples: • You have been waiting here for two hours. • •
Have you been waiting here for two hours? You have not been waiting here for two hours.
Setrata de una acción que empezón en el pasado y que continúa hasta el presente ó de algo que ha ocurrido en un pasado muy reciente.
Ahora compara: -
I have been running for one hour today. present perfect continuous
-
I have run three kilometers today. present perfect simple
Como puedescomprobar, cuando usamos el present perfect continuous es porque queremosdestacar la acción en sí y su carácter continuado.
COMPLETE WITH PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE OR CONTI N UOUS Robin: I think the waiter (forget)______________us. We (wait)____________here for over half an hour and nobody (take)_______________our order yet.
Michele: I think you're right. He (walk)______________by us at least twenty times. He probably thinks we (order, already)___________________.
Robin: Look at that couple over there, they (be, only)_________________here for five or ten minutes and they already have their food.
Michele: He must realize we (order, not)_______________yet! We (sit)_____________here for over half an hour staring at him.
Robin: I don't know if he (notice, even)_______________us. He (run)_______________from table to table taking orders and serving food.
Michele: That's true, and he (look, not)___________________in our direction once.
PAST PERFECT CONTI N UO US FORM [had been + present participle]
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Examples: • You had been waiting there for more than two hours when she finally arrived. • • •
Had you been waiting there for more than two hours when she finally arrived? You had not been waiting there for more than two hours when she finally arrived.
Una acción que ocurrió antes que otra tambien pasada
Ahora compara:
-
When we arrived, I noticed that I had forgotten the tickets. past perfect
-
I was angry becauseI had been waiting for one hour. past perfect continuous. La segunda oracion destaca el caracter continuado de la acción
COMPLETAAHORACONPASTPERFECTSIMPLEORCONTINUOUS: I'm sorry I left without you last night, but I told you to meet me early becausethe show started at 8:00. I
(try)
to get tickets for that play for months, and I didn't want to miss it. By the time I
finally left the coffee shop where we were supposed to meet, I (have) and I (wait) in front of the theater.
over an hour. I had to leave becauseI (arrange)
When I arrived at the theater, Kathy (pick, already) for us near the entrance. She was really angry becauseshe (wait) hour. She said she (give, almost) Kathy told me you (be)
five cups of coffee
up and (go)
to meet Kathy
up the tickets and she was waiting for more than half an into the theater without us.
late several times in the past and that she would not make plans
with you again in the future. She mentioned that she (miss) several movies becauseof your late arrivals. I think you owe her an apology. And in the future, I suggest you be on time!
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INTEN TA AHORA COMPLETAR LOS HUECOS CON CUALQUIER TIEMPO DE PERFECTO: PRESENTE PERFECTO SIMPLE, PRESENTE PERFECTO CONTIN UO, PASADO PERFECTO SIMPLE, PASADO PERFECTO CONTIN UO. 1. It is already 9:30 PM and I (wait) five minutes, I am going to leave.
here for over an hour. If John does not get here in the next
2. I was really angry at John yesterday. By the time he finally arrived, I (wait) almost left without him.
3. Did you hear that Ben was fired last month? He (work) ten years and he (work)
for over an hour. I
for that import company for more than
in almost every department. Nobody knew the company like he did.
4. I (see) many pictures of the pyramids before I went to Egypt. Pictures of the monuments are very misleading. The pyramids are actually quite small.
5. Sarah (climb) the Matterhorn, (sail) on safari in Kenya. She is such an adventurous person.
around the world, and (go)
6. Sarah (climb)
around the world and (go)
the Matterhorn, (sail)
safari in Kenya by the time she turned twenty-five. She (experience) people do in their entire lives.
on
more by that age than most
7. When Melanie came into the office yesterday, her eyes were red and watery. I think she (cry)