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Unit 5 Lesson
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New words Palabras nuevas a rainy spell: período de lluvia no rain: nada de lluvia one: you to get tired: cansarse to seem : parecer drought: sequía to rule the world: gobernar el mundo 'He estado comiendo arañas desde...'
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 The
present perfect continuous (part one) |
El
presente perfecto progresivo (parte uno) |
| USE 1 Duration from the past until now: We use this tense to show that something started in the past and has continued up to the present: an action or situation that has just stopped or has recently stopped. "For ten minutes," "for two weeks," and "since Monday" are examples of time adverbials which can be used together with this tense and show us how long something has been happening. |
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USO 1- Duración desde el pasado hasta ahora: Utilizamos este tiempo verbal para señalar que algo comenzó en el pasado y ha continuado hasta el presente: una acción o situación que acaba de terminar o que hace poco que ha terminado. 'Durante diez minutos,' 'desde hace dos semanas,' y 'desde el lunes' son ejemplos de adverbios de tiempo que se pueden utilizar conjuntamente con este tiempo verbal y nos indican cuanto tiempo algo ha estado sucediendo. |
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They have been talking for the last hour. |
Han estado hablando durante la última hora. | ||
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| She has been working at that company for three years. | Ha estado trabajando para la empresa desde hace tres años. | ||
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| John has been teaching here since June. | José ha estado enseñando aquí desde junio. | ||
| I have been talking to Tom about your problem and he thinks.... | He estado conversando con Tomás de tu problema y él piensa... | ||
| He is out of breath now...He has been running for two hours. | Está exhausto ahora...Ha estado corriendo durante dos horas | ||
| STRUCTURE OF THE PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS |
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ESTRUCTURA DEL PRESENTE PERFECTO PROGRESIVO |
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We form the present perfect continuos like this: |
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Formamos el presente perfecto progresivo así: |
| has/have | + | been | + |
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he/has/ha/hemos/han | + | estado | + |
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| I have | been | studying | he | estado | estudiando | |||||
| You have | been | cooking | has | estado | cocinando | |||||
| He has | been | playing | ha | estado | tocando/jugando | |||||
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| Nancy has not been taking her medicine for the last three days... | Nancy no ha estado tomando su remedio desde hace tres días... | ||
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He hasn't been smoking for two weeks. He is trying to give up before it is too late... |
No ha estado fumando desde hace dos semanas. Está tratando de dejar de fumar antes que sea demasiado tarde... |
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| I haven't been working since last April. I am taking a semester off. | No he estado trabajando desde el pasado abril. Me estoy tomando un semestre libre. |
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What have you been doing for the last 30 minutes? |
¿Que has estado haciendo los últimos 30 minutos? | ||
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| Who has he been dating since last May? | ¿Con se ha estado citando desde mayo? | ||
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| Have you been working hard today? | ¿Has estado trabajando mucho hoy? | ||
| Has she been taking the pills? | ¿Ha estado tomando las pastillas? | ||
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Now it is time for
activities! |
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¡Ahora es tiempo de actividades! Trata de completar las oraciones con los verbos que están entre paréntesis. |
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Use have been ...ing or has been ...ing |
