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B1 grammar practice - present perfect continuous -still, yet, already

Practise of Present Perfect Continuous, still, yet, already and for and since. You will hear two short sentences describing an action that started in the past and is still happening now. Last week, we practised the use of "for" and "since" with present perfect simple. However, when we use action verbs like "to move", "to work", "to study", we often prefer present perfect continuos.... Here are some help pages from my website: https://www.practisingenglish.com/english-grammar/present-perfect-continuous.htm Present perfect: https://www.practisingenglish.com/podcast-162.htm Contact Mike Bilbrough with a question or enquiry about advertising on Practising English Podcasts: https://www.practisingenglish.com/contact.htm My NEW book: "B1 English Vocabulary Builder - 22 Short Stories for Learning the Words and Phrases Students Need to Pass the B1 Exam" is now available! This book gives the learner enough vocabulary to pass any B1 exam (special help for Cambridge exams). To read more about my book, click here (you can access it from any Amazon platform): https://amzn.to/46AVFe9 Learners studying towards B2 level will be interested in my B1 to B2 reader: The Tudor Conspiracy (includes audio version) https://amzn.to/4gPsj0i For very young learners (from 8-10), I recommend my picture reader book for children learning A1 to A2 English. It comes with a fully dramatised audio version: https://amzn.to/46TCWvv Oxford Bookworm Graded Readers: Read stories at your level to improve your English. I recommend Oxford Bookworms as the best series of books for learners: https://amzn.to/4r7YVHg At https://www.practisingenglish.com/ I offer learners of intermediate-level English, free grammar help and exercises and other English learning ...

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Practise of Present Perfect Continuous, still, yet, already and for and since.

You will hear two short sentences describing an action that started in the past and is still happening now. Last week, we practised the use of "for" and "since" with present perfect simple. However, when we use action verbs like "to move", "to work", "to study", we often prefer present perfect continuos....

Here are some help pages from my website: https://www.practisingenglish.com/english-grammar/present-perfect-continuous.htm

Present perfect: https://www.practisingenglish.com/podcast-162.htm

Contact Mike Bilbrough with a question or enquiry about advertising on Practising English Podcasts: https://www.practisingenglish.com/contact.htm

My NEW book: "B1 English Vocabulary Builder - 22 Short Stories for Learning the Words and Phrases Students Need to Pass the B1 Exam" is now available! This book gives the learner enough vocabulary to pass any B1 exam (special help for Cambridge exams).
To read more about my book, click here (you can access it from any Amazon platform):
https://amzn.to/46AVFe9

Learners studying towards B2 level will be interested in my B1 to B2 reader: The Tudor Conspiracy (includes audio version) https://amzn.to/4gPsj0i

For very young learners (from 8-10), I recommend my picture reader book for children learning A1 to A2 English. It comes with a fully dramatised audio version: https://amzn.to/46TCWvv

Oxford Bookworm Graded Readers: Read stories at your level to improve your English. I recommend Oxford Bookworms as the best series of books for learners: https://amzn.to/4r7YVHg

At https://www.practisingenglish.com/ I offer learners of intermediate-level English, free grammar help and exercises and other English learning ...

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