27. Present Perfect Continuous

Present Perfect Continuous To talk = parlare

Forma affermativa I You He, she, it We You They

have been talking Ho parlato have been talking Hai parlato has been talking Ha parlato have been talking Abbiamo parlato have been talking Avete parlato have been talking Hanno parlato

Forma affermativa I haven’t been talking You haven’t been talking He, she, it hasn’t been talking We haven’t been talking You haven’t been talking They haven’t been talking

Non Non Non Non Non Non

ho parlato hai parlato ha parlato abbiamo parlato avete parlato hanno parlato

Forma interrogativa Have Have Has Have Have Have

I been talking Ho parlato io? you been talking Hai parlato tu? he, she, it been talking Ha parlato lui? we been talking Abbiamo parlato noi? you been talking Avete parlato voi? they been talking Hanno parlato essi?

Usiamo il Present Perfect Continuous / We use the Present Perfect Continuous:

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per indicare che qualcosa è iniziato in passato, ha continuato fino ad adesso e potrebbe andare avanti nel tempo. Espressioni come “For ten minutes,” “for five weeks,” and “since February” possono trovarsi con il Present Perfect Continuous.

to show that something started in the past and has continued up until now and can go on. “For ten minutes,” “for five weeks,” and “since February” are all durations which can be used with the Present Perfect Continuous. I have been teaching at the high school since 1998. Insegno nelle superiori dal 1998. I have been waiting for one hour! Ti aspetto da un’ora!

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Con un significato più generale e spesso con espressioni come “lately” or “recently” .

With the more general meaning of “lately.” We often use the words “lately” or “recently“.

Recently, I have been feeling tired out. Mi sono sentito esausto recentemente She has been watching too much television lately. Ha visto troppa televisione ultimamente. Present Perfect Continuous Gli abiti di Martin sono coperti di pittura. Egli ha imbiancato la parete. Martin clothes are covered in paint. He has been painting the wall.

Present Perfect Simple La parete era bianca, adesso è gialla. Martin ha imbiancato la parete. The wall was white, now it is yellow. Martin has painted the wall.

La nostra attenzione è rivolta all’attività non al lavoro finito.

Quì la nostra attenzione è rivolta al lavoro finito e non all’attività.

We are interested in the activity, it Here what is important is that doen’t mattere whether something something has been finished, We has been finished or not. are interested in the result of the activity, not in the activity itself.

*Interactive Exercises http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/present-perfectprogressive/exercises?05 http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/tests/present-perfect-progressive-2 http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/tests/present-perfect-progressive-3 http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs7.htm http://www.learn4good.com/languages/evrd_grammar/presentpcont_exc. htm

*Please note: Listen carefully to the following videos in youtube, they speak about the Present Perfect Continuous. Ascoltate attentamente i seguenti video di youtube, essi parlano del Present Perfect Continuous. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asq05S5Ijbw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JScYOfcDaPc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4pvpBK01HI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nKluwyYgok

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