Unit 5 Present Perfect Continuous

Upbeat pre-intermediate (3LM1A4)

Mrs. M. Palm

1. FORMATION :
Have/has + been + grondif (v-ing).
Formes contractes: have -> ve / has -> s / have not -> havent / has not -> hasnt
Phrase affirmative

Phrase negative

Phrase interrogative

1 p.s. Ive been sleeping.

I havent been sleeping.

Have I been sleeping?

2 p.s. Youve been sleeping.

You havent been sleeping.

Have you been sleeping?

He hasnt been sleeping.

Has he been sleeping?

She hasnt been sleeping.

Has she been sleeping?

It hasnt been sleeping.

Has it been sleeping?

We havent been sleeping.

Have we been sleeping?

2 p.p. Youve been sleeping.

You havent been sleeping.

Have you been sleeping?

3 p.p. Theyve been sleeping.

They havent been sleeping.

Have they been sleeping?

3 p.s.
Hes been sleeping.
masc.
3 p.s.
Shes been sleeping.
fm.
3 p.s.
Its been sleeping.
neuter
1 p.p. Weve been sleeping.

Rponses courtes / short answers

Yes / No

Sujet

Verbe auxiliarire
= to have

Yes,

I, you, we, they

he, she,it
I, you, we, they
he, she,it

have.
has.
havent.
hasnt.

No,

2. EMPLOIS Le Present Perfect Continuous indique

1) une activit qui a commenc dans le pass et continue dans le prsent.
Ex : Ive been looking for a job for two months.
Avec for et since, le Present Perfect Simple et Continuous peuvent tre utiliss sans
diffrence. On prfrera nanmoins le Continuous pour insister sur la dure de laction.
Ex : Ive studied English for years.
Ive been studying English for years
2) une activit temporaire alors que le Simple indique un tat permanent.
Ex : Ive been working in Lima for six months. (temporaire -> je ny suis plus)
Ive worked for Daewoo since I left university. (permanent -> jy suis encore)

3) une activit dans le pass qui a un effet/ rsultat sur le prsent.

Its been raining.
Have you been running?
Ive been studying all day.

Activit dans le pass

(Le sol est humide.)

(Tu as lair hors dhaleine.)
(Je me sens fatigu.)

(finie)
(finie)
(on ne sait pas)

Rsultat sur le prsent

Cette activit passe peut ou pas

avoir un rsultat sur le prsent
4) Attention: les verbes dtat sont rarement utiliss en Continuous.
Ex: Ive always disliked coffee. (dislike = verbe dtat)
3. Present Perfect Simple ou Continuous ?
Present Perfect Simple

Present Perfect Continuous

indique une action termine.

Ex: Ive written my English essay.

indique une activit non termine.

Ex : Ive been writing my English
essay and I still need some help.

est utilis lorsquil sagit de nombre

ou de quantit. (how many ?)
Ex : Ive written five emails.
Weve been watching DVDs for
hours. Weve watched three films.

indique une activit qui dure (how

long?)

est utilis avec les verbes

n'exprimant pas de dure.
Ex : find, start, buy, die, lose, break,
stop
Hes started a new job in Lagos.
Ive tried beetroot. Its horrible! (une
seule fois)

Weve been watching DVDs for

hours. Weve watched three films.
est utilis avec les verbes exprimant
une notion de dure.
Ex : wait, work, play, try, learn, rain

Ive been trying to learn German.

(pendant longtemps)

4. Plus dinfos et exercices:

Language Builder p. 38 - 41, p. 118 - 120
British Council : vido, exercices et correctifs :
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/grammar-vocabulary/grammar-videos/presentperfect-simple-and-continuous
Autres sites thorie en anglais + exercices et correctifs :
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/presentperfectcontinuous.html
http://www.e-anglais.com/cours/present_perfect.html
http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/present-perfect-simple-or-present-perfectcontinuous.html