ETB Grammar

In this class we looked at the Present Perfect Continuous I have been living in Sligo for 4 years. have has               +               been             +            verb-ing We use it to describe an action or a situation that started in the past and continues to the present. We use it with "for" and "since". I have been playing guitar for 20 years. I have been playing guitar since 1997. We practiced asking questions.... How long have you been living in Sligo? How long have you been working? How long have you been playing guitar? How long have you been driving a Citroen? I have been working here for 3 years. For homework we have to make similar sentences about ourselves... I have been living in Sligo for.... I have been running for..... Some more practice exercises here .

In this class we looked at the Present Perfect Continuous I have been living in Sligo for 4 years. have has               +               been             +            verb-ing We use it to describe an action or a situation that started in the past and continues to the present. We use it with "for" and "since". I have been playing guitar for 20 years. I have been playing guitar since 1997. More practice exercises here . We then moved on to p.76 and the story of the Bald Knight. The verbs are initially in the past simple tense. note: Fall - fell feel - felt We then looked at some sentences like this.... "he was riding along, singing merrily to himself....." "He was riding" is the Past Continuous we talked about what we were doing at a particular time the day before At 4pm I was studying I was cooking We use this tense to talk about an action in progress at a point in time in the past. .... For homework we