This week the ‘Thinking in English’ Community is practicing the present perfect continuous tense and grammar.
How long have you been studying English? Have you been reading any good books recently? Have you been traveling recently?
In this conversation club, we will be practicing using the “present perfect continuous” in sentences and answering questions that use the “present perfect continuous.”
Here are some conversation questions to get you talking!
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Conversation Questions: Past Perfect Continuous!
- How long have you been learning English, and what have you been focusing on recently?
- Have you been watching any interesting TV series lately? What have you been watching?
- Have you been reading any good books recently?
- Have you been enjoying your work/school tasks recently?
- How long have you been living in your current city? Has anything changed since you started living there?
- Have you been trying to make any changes to your daily routine recently?
- Have you been enjoying your free time lately? How do you usually spend it?
- Have you been traveling recently?
- What’s something you’ve been planning to do but haven’t had time for yet?
- Make Your Own Questions
Vocabulary
- Recently (Adverb): In the near past; not long ago.
Example: I’ve been reading a lot of books recently. - Focus (Verb): To concentrate or direct attention towards something.
Example: I’ve been focusing on improving my speaking skills in English. - Lately (Adverb): In the recent period; recently.
Example: Have you been watching any interesting TV series lately? - Enjoy (Verb): To take pleasure or satisfaction in something.
Example: I’ve been enjoying my work tasks recently. - Routine (Noun): A regular set of activities or tasks.
Example: I’ve been trying to make changes to my daily routine recently. - Free time (Noun): Time when you are not working or busy, used for relaxation or enjoyment.
Example: I usually spend my free time reading or going for walks. - Change (Noun/Verb): To make something different from what it was before.
Example: I’ve been making small changes to my daily routine to be more productive. - Current (Adjective): Happening or existing now.
Example: How long have you been living in your current city? - Task (Noun): A piece of work or duty that needs to be done.
Example: Have you been enjoying your school tasks recently?
Resources
The present perfect continuous is used to describe actions or situations that started in the past and are still continuing or have just finished. It emphasises the process or duration of an action.
Structure: Subject + have/has + been + verb-ing
I have been studying English for two years.
Model Answers & Vocabulary
To help you prepare for the Thinking in English conversation club this week, I have created vocabulary lists and some model answers.
The model answers are split into intermediate, upper-intermediate, and advanced level responses. Hopefully this will give you an idea on the differences in quality between intermediate and advanced responses, and perhaps inspire your own answers to these questions!
B1 (Intermediate)
Model Answers
Vocabulary
B2 (Upper Intermediate)
Model Answers
Vocabulary
C1 (Advanced Level)
Model Answers
Vocabulary
See you all at this week’s conversation club!
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Further Questions?
