THE PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
(THÌ HIỆN TẠI HOÀN THÀNH TIẾP DIỄN)

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FORM:
Affirmative : Sub + has / have + been + V4 (present participle)
Negative : Sub + has / have + not + been + V4 (present participle)
Interrogative : Has / Have + sub + been + V4 (present participle)?



USE:
Thì hiện tại hoàn thành tiếp diễn có cách sử dụng tương tự như thì hiện tại hoàn thành. Tuy nhiên khi thì hiện tại hoàn thành đi với một số động từ mang tính tiếp diễn thì nên chuyển thì hiện tại hoàn thành sang thì hiện tại hoàn thành tiếp diễn: Các động từ mang tính tiếp diễn sau: expect / hope / learn / lie / look / rain / sleep / sit / snow / stand / stay / study / teach / wait / want / work: + I have studied English for ten years. ( I have been studying English for ten years. + She has taught at that school for ages. ( She has been teaching at that school for ages.
Trong trường hợp sau thì không thể chuyển thì hiện tại hoàn thành sang thì hiện tại hoàn thành tiếp diễn được vì câu đã mang tính hoàn tất rồi. A. Trong câu có xuất hiện số từ: Tom has been writing six letters. ( Tom has written six letters. My teacher has been teaching two thousand students. ( My teacher has taught two thousand students. B. Trong câu có xuất hiện một số trạng từ mang nghĩa hoàn thành như: already / just … I have already been staying in that hotel. ( I have already stayed in that hotel.

TEST 1: PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE
Direction: Supply the correct form of the verb in parentheses into the Present Perfect Continuous Tense.
My sister (study) ____________________ English for ten years.
They (wait) ____________________ for their friends since two o’clock.
Their guests (stay) ____________________ in that hotel for three days.
It (rain) ____________________ all the afternoon.
_______________ she (sleep) ____________________ all the morning?
My father (work) ____________________ in Paris since we moved here.
Her son (not / wait) ____________________ for his bus today.
My students (look) ____________________ for the books they want in the school library.
My little son (sleep) ____________________ all the afternoon today.
_______________ they (teach) ____________________ English since 1990?
We (sit) ____________________ here to wait for him all the evening.
I (learn) ____________________ at that local school for four years.
The oak (stand) ____________________ in the church yard for 500 years.
It (not / snow) ____________________ all the night.
_______________ they (work) ____________________ on the farm today?
TEST 2:
PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE
Direction: Supply the correct form of the verb in parentheses into the Present Perfect Continuous Tense or Present Perfect Tense.
+ How long ____________ you (study) _____________ English? + I (study) _______________ English for seven years.
She (sleep) _______________ for ten hours. It’s now time to wake her up.
I (cut) _______________ the lawn in the garden all the day.
I (cut) _____________ two acres of the lawn in the garden today.
She (listen) _______________ to his lectures all the morning.
She (listen) _______________ to his three hundred lectures since she began to study at that school.
I (pick) _______________ apples all the afternoon.
I (pick) _____________ ten basketfuls of apples all the afternoon.
My uncle is a good teacher. He (teach) _______________ English since he graduated from university.
Since my uncle graduated from university, he (teach) _______________ three thousand students.
It (snow) _____________ all day long. I wonder when it will stop.
We (have) _______________ three major snowstorms so far this winter. I wonder how many more we will have.
It’s ten P.M. I (study) _______________ for two hours and probably won’t finish until midnight.
I (write) _______________ them three times, but I still haven’t received a reply.
I (live) _______________ here since Last March.
The telephone (ring) _______________ four times in the last hour, and each time it has been for my roommate.
The telephone (ring) _______________ for almost minute. Why doesn’t someone answer it?
The little boy is dirty from head to foot because he (play) _______________ in the mud.
They (watch) _______________ TV all the evening.
They (watch) _______________ three video tapes this evening.
TEST 3:
Direction: Supply the correct form of the verb in parentheses.
+ _______________ she (wash) _______________ her hair everyday? + No. she (wash) _______________ it every other day.
His father (arrive) _____________ home