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2. Write short notes for each item in 1. Provide at least two sentences for each.
3. Prepare and hold a conversation on any issue using each of the tenses in 1.

(e) Play the “What have you been doing?” Interview Game: Ask your peer the
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following questions. Write down the responses and present them to the class.

1. How long have you been studying English?
2. What have you been doing this week that you enjoy most?
3. Have you been learning anything new this week? If yes, what is it? If not,
why not?
4. What have you been watching or reading recently?
5. Have you been helping others with chores at home? If so, what are those
chores?
6. What have you been learning in school that interests you the most?

Did you
know

The tense you have used in the game in Activity 1(e) is the present perfect
continuous tense. This tense is used to talk about actions that started in the past
and are still happening now or recently stopped but are essential to the present.
This tense is proper when we talk about ongoing actions and the time spent on
them. The structure is [Subject] + have/has + been + [verb + ing]. For example,

“I have been reading a book.” which means I started reading in the past and
I am still reading it, or I just finished, but the action is still important. Another
example is that “She has been studying for two hours.” meaning she started

studying in the past and is still studying now. This tense helps us focus on how
long something has been happening and how it connects to the present moment.

Examples
1. I have been playing football for an hour.

2. They have been working hard all day.
3. He has been waiting for the bus since morning.

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