NI (B1) What have you been doing lately?

Dear students and readers of this blog,

In our Intermediate level class we've been working on a new tense: the Present Perfect Continuous, a.k.a. Present Perfect Progressive. We have also compared it to another tense we already knew, the Present Perfect Simple. They are similar tenses, with similar uses, so I'm sure you couldn't use a bit of extra help, couldn't you?

So here you have some interesting links:

• Present Perfect Continuous.
• Present Perfect Simple vs. Present Perfect Continuous.
• Present Perfect Simple vs. Present Perfect Continuous exercises (British Council).
• Practice 1.
• Practice 2.
• Practice 3.
• Practice 4.
• Practice 5.
• Practice 6.
• Practice 7.
• Practice 8.
• Test on Present Perfect Simple vs. Present Perfect Continuous 1.
• Test on Present Perfect Simple vs. Present Perfect Continuous 2.

Phew!!! Lots of exercises, huh?

Now, watch the video below:

Please click here if you want to see the key for the exercises of U. 9 of the English Grammar in Use. You will also find a text for reading comprehension on the year 2010.

So let's get to work!!