3 T 8TH BASIC Challenge 3

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Challenge 38th GRADE W4 Basic 3rd Term

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Related to Progressive Perfect Tenses ...

LEARNINGS

By the end of this lesson students will be better understand the importance of the Perfect Progressive Tenses because: ✔ When you talk about grammar, perfect means “complete,” and progressive means “unfinished.” ✔ Perfect progressive sentences focus on the completion of an action that is, was or will be in progress.

3. PRODUCING MEANING

1. GRAMMAR

2. MAKING SENSE

Learning Process

Think about this sentence in the past perfect progressive: “I had been waiting for three years by the time my application was approved.” In this example, the emphasis is on duration of the first verb waiting.

Grammar

Perfect progressive tenses often answer the question how long? There are three perfect progressive tenses: - The present perfect progressive - The past perfect progressive - The future perfect progressive.

Grammar

Present Perfect Progressive

Let’s start with the present perfect progressive. You form the present perfect progressive by using have been (or has been) followed by an –ing verb. For instance, “She has been sitting in class since early this morning.” The action, sitting, is continuing. But the emphasis is on the completed part of the action. Here are some more examples: - I have been waiting for 20 minutes. - I have been studying since I was a child. - It has been snowing all day long.

In all of these sentences, the emphasis is on how the finished activity relates to the present.

Past Perfect Progressive

The past perfect progressive emphasizes the duration of a past action before another action happened. For example, “I had been smoking for 10 years before I quit.” You form the past perfect progressive by using had been followed by an –ing verb. Notice how the past perfect progressive often includes the adverbs for and since to express duration. You will also see the adverbs before, when or by the time used to introduce a second action. The second action uses the simple past tense. Here are some more examples:

Past Perfect Progressive

- I had been studying for 12 years by the time I graduated from high school. - She had been living there since she was a child. - He had been teaching for 12 years before he was certified. The past perfect progressive can also describe a recently completed action. For instance: - My clothes were wet because it had been raining. - He was talking loudly because he had been drinking.

Future Perfect Progressive

The future perfect progressive describes the duration of an action as it relates to a future event. There are two ways to form the future perfect progressive. Both require two actions. One is by using “will have been” plus a present participle, followed by “when” or “by the time” and the second action. For example, “I will have been working for 35 years by the time I retire.” Notice that the second planned action, retire, is in the simple present. The simple future is never used with the second action.

Future Perfect Progressive

The future perfect progressive describes the duration of an action as it relates to a future event. You form the past perfect progressive by using “will have been” plus a present participle, followed by “when” or “by the time” and the second action. For example, “I will have been working for 35 years by the time I retire.” - He will have been driving for an hour by the time he gets home. - In November, we will have been living in Spain for eleven years. Notice that the second planned action, retire, is in the simple present. The simple future is never used with the second action.

SKILLS ON WRITING

Challenge 3 MS: Class Activity Click on the image to relate the progressive perfect tenses to the time in which the text takes place. When done, upload your homework on the corresponding challenge.

Present Perfect Progressive

Future Perfect Progressive

Past Perfect Progressive

WRITING & SPEAKING SKILLS

Challenge 3 PM: Class Activity Write an argumentative text in which you can talk about a social or scientific phenomenon, and then make an audio-recording, taking into account the use of perfect progressive tenses. When done, upload your homework onto the corresponding file.