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Danh sách thanh viên
Present Perfect Continuous
Form:
Ex: I have been learning
English for 14 years.
(+) S + have/has been + V-ing.
(-) S + have/has + not + been + V-ing.
(?) (Wh) have/has + S + been + V-ing.
Ex: She hasn’t been coming
home.
Ex: How long have you been
living here?
The Present Perfect Continuous relates past activities to the
present. It has two main uses:
To express unfinished
past.
To express the present result
of past activities.
To express unfinished past.
Ex: I have been living
here for twenty years.
Ex: How long have you
been working
here?
Remember the verbs that rarely take the continuous.
Ex: How long have you
known them?
Ex: He has had his
motorbike for two years.
To express the present result of past activities.
Ex: You look tired. Have you
been running?
Ex: Why are your clothes
so dirty? What have you
been doing?
Time expressions
Past Simple
I known her for ten years.
I known her for ten years.
They left there three day ago.
They left there three day ago.
He stayed at home during the summer.He stayed at home during the summer.
She cut her finger while she cooked.
She cut her finger while she cooked.
PresentPerfect
- She has been playing tennis since she was eight.
- She has been working here since two years ago.
- He hasn’t been working for two days.
Future
- I’ll go away for a few days.
- The test begins in 15 minutes’ time.
-They are going to come back in two hours.
Prepositionswith
dates,months,years,
etc.
in
May
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winter
The 1890s
The nineteent
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Prepositionswith
dates,months,years,
etc.
on
holiday
Mother’s day
Saturdayafternoon
10 March
Friday
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dates,months,years,
etc.at
Lunar new year
The ageof fifteen
The begin of April
eight o’clock
Tea time
Complaining
a. How many cigarettes do you smoke a day? - Forty. That’s too many. You shouldn’t smoke as many as at all.
b. How much alcohol do you drink? - About a bottle of wine a day. That’s too much. You shouldn’t drink as much as that.
c. How much do you weigh? - Sixteen and a half stone. That’s too much. You should try to lose some weigh.
d. How much do you earn? - Not enough money to pay all my bills!
e. How many people are there in your class? - Forty. I think that’s too many.
f. How many aspirins do you take when you have a headache? - About ten or twelve. That’s too many. You mustn’t take as many as that!
g. How old are you? - Seventeen. I’m old enough to get married, but I’m not old enough to vote!
h. When did you last go to the cinema? - Quite recently. Just a few days ago.
i. Do you take sugar in your coffee? - Just a little.