Present Perfect Continuous — Ireland's Language Revival: A Story Still Being Written
Grammar: Present perfect continuous
Free ESL grammar exercise on present perfect continuous themed around ireland's language revival: a story still being written. Printable worksheet from classplan.ai.
What's on this worksheet
A Level 5 (advanced) ESL grammar exercise on culture, practising present perfect continuous. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
In recent years, something measurable has been shifting. TG4 has been attracting audiences well beyond the Gaeltacht.
Grammar: 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).
Sample items
- Irish activists ______ (push) for compulsory language classes in all secondary schools.
- The Welsh government ______ (fund) bilingual education programmes since the 1990s.
- Duolingo ______ (report) a rise in Irish learners every year since 2020.
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