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Unit 3 Fit for life
Grammar and usage
The present perfect continuous tense
现在完成进行时
现在完成进行时是现在完成时态与进行时态的结合,既有现在完成时态的特点,也有进行时态的特点。
Step 1 Lead-in
Eg: It has been raining these days.
We have been studying in the school for three years.
have/has been doing
Step 2 Exploring the rules
Below is a personal account given by a girl who is equipped with a robotic hand. Find the sentences that use the present perfect continuous tense and fill in the box below. The first one has been done for you.
Scientists have been making great progress in robotic technology in recent years, …
Over the past three months I have been testing out the limits of what I can do with my new hand, …
…, I have been cooking for my family again since I got my new hand.
Sentences use the present perfect continuous tense:
Working out the rules
We use the present perfect continuous tense to talk about an action that started in the past and is still continuing now, or an action that has just finished but is still co