Culture Present Perfect Continuous C1 - Exercise Worksheet

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Present Perfect Continuous

Article excerpt · target grammar marked

In recent years, something measurable has been shifting. TG4 has been attracting audiences well beyond the Gaeltacht.

Grammar Reference · Present Perfect Continuous

Form

have/has + been + verb-ing. She has been studying Irish for three years. — ongoing action from past to present.

Duration vs. result

He has been writing the report all morning. (focus on duration) vs. He has written the report. (focus on completion).

Stative verbs — PPS

I have known her for years. ✓ Never I have been knowing her. ✗ — know, love, believe take PPS.

For vs. since

They have been campaigning for a decade / since 2014. — 'for' = duration, 'since' = start point.

01Exercise 1 — Form · Write the Correct Form

Present Perfect Continuous

1.Irish activists (push) for compulsory language classes in all secondary schools.

2.The Welsh government (fund) bilingual education programmes since the 1990s.

3.Duolingo (report) a rise in Irish learners every year since 2020.

4.The community radio station (broadcast) entirely in Irish for twelve years.

5.Critics (claim) that state investment is concentrated on visibility rather than spoken use.

6.My colleague (study) Basque since January and can already hold a short conversation.

02Exercise 2 — Find and Correct the Error

find the error · rewrite the sentence

1.She has been knowing Irish since childhood.

2.They have been living in the Gaeltacht since ten years.

3.The council has been approved the new language plan.

4.He has been understand the problem since the report came out.

5.We have been waiting since three hours for the results.

6.The school has been taught Irish-medium classes since 2005.

7.Linguists have been argued this point in academic journals for years.

8.TG4 has grow its audience steadily since it launched.

03Exercise 3 — About You

in your notebook

Personalise: complete five sentences about yourself using the target grammar.

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