Question

3. Complete as frases com os verbos no Present Perfect Continuous

F)How long __________________________________ (you, wait) outside?


g) _____________________________________ (he, work) all day today?


h) Charles __________________________________ (not study) much. That's why he

doesn't know the answers to the questions.


i) Marie ____________________________________ (not water) the garden these days.

Some of the plants are dying already.


j) I see you ______________________________ (not smoke) recently. That's a good sign.


k) How long ____________________________________ (she, teach) at Oxford

University?

l) The man is gasping for air. He ______________________________________ (run).


m) You know this city quite well. How long ________________________ (you, live) here?


n) Nigel __________________________ (not help) much. Julia has been doing most of the

work.


o) The telephone _______________________________________________ (ring) all day.

Answer 1

Resposta:

F) How long have you been waiting outside?

g) Has he been working all day today?

 

h) Charles hasn't been studying much. That's why he  doesn't know the answers to the questions.

 

i) Marie hasn't been watering the garden these days.  Some of the plants are dying already.

j) I see you haven't been smoking recently. That's a good sign.

 

k) How long has she been teaching at Oxford  University?

l) The man is gasping for air. He has been running.

 

m) You know this city quite well. How long have you been living here?

 

n) Nigel hasn't been helping much. Julia has been doing most of the  work.

o) The telephone has been ringing all day.

Explicação:

O Present Perfect Continuous or Progressive (Presente Perfeito Contínuo ou Progressivo) é um tempo verbal do inglês que expressa ações contínuas desde o passado até o presente.

Estrutura do Present Perfect Continuous na forma afirmativa:

Sujeito + verbo to have no simple present + verbo to be no present perfect + verbo principal com –ing + complemento

Usando uma resposta como exemplo:

Julia has been doing most of the  work.

Julia - sujeito

has - verbo to have no simple present

been - verbo to be no present perfect

doing - verbo principal com –ing

most of the  work. - complemento

Estrutura do Present Perfect Continuous na forma negativa:

Sujeito + verbo to have no simple present + not + verbo to be no present perfect + verbo principal com –ing + complemento

Usando uma resposta como exemplo:

Marie hasn't been watering the garden these days.

Marie - sujeito

hasn't - verbo to have no simple present + not

been - verbo to be no present perfect

watering - verbo principal com –ing

the garden these days. - complemento

Estrutura do Present Perfect Continuous na forma interrogativa:

To have no simple present + sujeito + verbo to be no present perfect + verbo principal com –ing + complemento