Present Perfect Continuous

12 Outubro 2018, 12:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

1) Irregular and regular verbs: 1) hang, hanged, hanged/ hang, hung, hung 2) lie, lay, lain/ lay, laid, laid/ lie, lied, lied

2) Spelling rules

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1. verbs ending in the letter ‘y’

marry  _________, cry  _______, apply  _______, hurry  _______, try  _______, worry _______

2. verbs consisting of one syllable, ending: vowel + consonant

stab  __________, rob ___________, plan  ________, stop  __________, beg _________

3. verbs of two syllables, stress on the last syllable, ending: vowel + consonant

 occur __________, prefer  __________, refer  __________, admit  _________, emit _________

4. verbs ending in the letter ‘l’ (BrE)

cancel  _________, travel __________

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1. verbs ending in ‘–e’

come  __________, move  __________, write  ____________

except: ending in ‘-ee’ : see______

2. verb consisting of one syllable, ending : vowel + consonant 

stop  ___________, hit  ___________

3. verb of two syllables, stress on the last syllable, ending : vowel + consonant

prefer  _________

4. Verbs ending in ‘l’ (BrE)

travel  ____________

3) Present Perfect Simple: Handout: Students had to form the rules based on bunches of example sentences: 1) I have been playing the violin for seven years./ Martha has been learning English for nine years./Peter has been working on his project since 1999. 2) She has been washing his shirt. Now she is tired./She has washed his shirt. 3) with the verbs: ‘wish’ and ‘want’: She has been wanting this book for a long time 4) Somebody has been eating with my spoon! Somebody has been sleeping in my bed!

4) individual/ pair-work activity: Exercises on Present Perfect Continuous (Unit 9, 10) in Use: Raymond Murphy: Grammar in Use, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Homework: Read “Student who handed £1 to a homeless man” B1.2 Workbook p. 21-2