Present Perfect Continuous

Article excerpt · target grammar marked

Eliud Kipchoge has been training at high altitude for over two decades. Researchers at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences have been tracking a group of elite masters runners, and their aerobic capacity has been improving steadily.

Grammar Reference · Present Perfect Continuous

Affirmative form

Kipchoge has been training at high altitude for two decades. Use have/has + been + verb-ing for ongoing actions.

Negative form

The athletes have not been resting — they train every day. Use have/has + not + been + verb-ing.

Question form

Have scientists been studying this group for long? Put have/has before the subject to form a question.

Common error

He is training since 2003. ✗ → He has been training since 2003. ✓ — always use present perfect continuous for duration.

01Exercise 1 — Form · Write the Correct Form

Present Perfect Continuous

1.Kipchoge (train) at altitude since he was a teenager.

2.The researchers (track) masters runners for several years.

3.Yuki Kawauchi (compete) at the highest level since 2009.

4.Getaneh Tessema (run) a camp in the Entoto Hills for fifteen years.

5.The aerobic capacity of the athletes (improve), not decline.

6.Scientists (gather) evidence about daily training for years.

02Exercise 2 — Find and Correct the Error

find the error · rewrite the sentence

1.Kipchoge is training at altitude for twenty years.

2.The researchers have been tracked masters runners since last decade.

3.Yuki Kawauchi has competed at the highest level since 2009.

4.Scientists have been gather evidence about daily training.

5.The aerobic capacity of the athletes have been improving steadily.

6.How long has Kipchoge been train at high altitude?

7.Getaneh Tessema has run his camp in Addis Ababa for fifteen years.

8.The researchers have been study the effect of daily training on older athletes.

03Exercise 3 — About You

in your notebook

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

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