A selection of English ESL perfect continuous printables

Culture, intercultural communication, cross-cultural communication

Adjectives to describe feelings, emotions

Adjectives to describe personality and character

Adjectives: Gradable / Non-gradable adjectives

Articles: Definite or indefinite article (a, an or the)

BE + infinitive structures (e.g. he was to become famous)

Clauses of contrast (e.g.  although, while)

Clauses of purpose (e.g. in order to, so that, so as to)

Clauses of reason (e.g. because, because of, due to, as, since)

Cleft sentences (e.g. It's Joey we're looking for)

Comparison: Comparative adjectives and structures

Comparison: Superlative adjectives and structures

Conditional 2 (second conditional) - would

Conditionals: Conditional phrases (e.g. unless, provided that, as long as)

Conjunctions (aka connectives, e.g. and, but, or, so, then)

Contractions (shortened forms, e.g. don't, aren't, etc.)

Determiners (words that can come before nouns)

Formal and informal English (politeness or colloquial language)

Future perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Future perfect simple and continuous (progressive) tense

Future phrases (e.g. be about to, bound to, likely to, due to, set to + INF)

Homonyms (two words with the same pronunciation - homophones and homographs)

It as preparatory subject (e.g. it's raining, it's nice of you to)

Linking verbs (aka copulas, e.g. I am a student)

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how to inform somebody about some news in English

how to interpret what was said in English

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how to make, accept and refuse offers in English

how to order or make a booking in English

how to persuade, convince people in English

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Nouns: Collective nouns (team, class, family, committee)

Nouns: Proper nouns (names of people, cities, companies)

Oxymorons (phrases with words of contradictory meaning, e.g. living dead)

Participles: Past participle (e.g. HAVING DONE)

Participles: Present participle (e.g. DOING)

Parts of Speech (aka word classes, e.g. nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs)

Past perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Phonetics (pronunciation, IPA, phonetic symbols)

Plural nouns: regular plurals with S ending

Prefixes (e.g. A, UN, IM, DIS, MIS, EN, etc. )

Prepositions vs adverbs (e.g. before me, saw him before.)

Prepositions: Double prepositions (e.g. out of)

Prepositions: Participle prepositions (e.g. pending, concerning)

Prepositions: Phrase prepositions (e.g. by means of)

Present perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Present perfect simple or present continuous tense

Present simple tense: S for third person singular verbs

Present simple vs continuous (progressive) tense

Pronouns: EACH OTHER, ONE ANOTHER (reciprocal pronouns)

Pronouns: Possessive pronouns (e.g. my, mine)

Pronouns: Reflexive pronouns (e.g. myself, yourself))

Pronouns: SOMEBODY, ANYBODY, EVERYBODY, NO ONE, NOTHING, etc.

Pronouns: THIS, THAT, THESE, THOSE (demonstratives)

Pronouns: YOU and THEY to talk about people in general

Quantifiers (e.g. some, many, much, any, few, little)

Questions: WH questions (open-ended questions)

Reported speech: reported questions (indirect questions)

There is / there are / there was / there were / there will be, etc.

Verbs: Transitive or intransitive verbs (words that can or cannot stand with objects)

Working with Paragraphs: ordering, titling

Role play, miming, drama activity or improv game

Pictionary (picture dictionary) or picture matching

Writing an opinion essay (persuasive essay)

Learners who are Pre-A1 have just begun learning English and will first learn how to:<ul><li>Say the letters in the alphabet and numbers</li><li>Say hello, talk about names and age</li><li>Name the colors and dates, express likes and dislikes</li></ul>

Absolute beginners who have begun to learn the letters and numbers

Learners taking the A1 Elementary exam should be able to:<ul><li>Introduce themselves and ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, things he/she has, people he/she knows.</li><li>Communicate using very basic phrases as long as the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: common adjectives & adverbs of frequency, going to, how much/how many, imperatives, I'd like, 's – possessive, common prepositions of place and time, present simple & continuous, there is/are</li></ul>

A very basic tourist level, which is enough for buying food and a bus ticket

Learners taking the A2 Pre-intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand sentences and frequently used expressions (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment).</li><li>Complete tasks that are routine and exchange information about familiar matters.</li><li>Describe matters of immediate need in simple terms.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: countable/uncountable nouns, adverbs of frequency, future will/going to, much/many, present perfect, past simple, past continuous, common phrasal verbs, common modals: can/should</li></ul>

A tourist who can do basic conversations about the past, present and future

Learners taking the B1 Intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand points regarding family, work, school or leisure-related topics.</li><li>Deal with most travel situations in areas where the language is spoken.</li><li>Create simple texts on topics of personal interest.</li><li>Describe experiences, events, dreams, and ambitions, as well as opinions or plans in brief.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: question tags, intensifiers: too/enough, future tenses, past tenses, modals, conditionals, wh-questions in the past</li></ul>

Learners who can deal with both familiar and routine situations, in friendly and work contexts

Learners taking the B2 Upper-intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialization.</li><li>Interact with fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without difficulty for either party.</li><li>Produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain an opinion on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: perfect tenses, mixed conditionals, modals in the present, phrasal verbs, reported speech, wish, relative clauses</li></ul>

The level where you can be a tour guide for your foreign friends and talk about a lot of topics, even abstract ones, with ease and fluency

Learners taking the C1 Advanced exam should be able to: Express ideas fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. Use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts. Produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, using linking phrases (=words that connect ideas between sentences). Main grammar points to know: inversion, mixed conditionals, modals in the past, all passive forms, phrasal verbs (all patterns), wish/if only for regrets

Learners who can smoothly communicate in every walk of life, read long texts and write well

Learners taking the C2 Proficient exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand almost everything read or heard with ease.</li><li>Summarize information from a variety of sources into a coherent presentation.</li><li>Express themselves using precise meaning in complex scenarios.</li><li>Can express him/herself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in the most complex situations</li></ul>

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This worksheet is meant for students learning the present perfect continuous. Write a present perfect continuous sentence in the blank using the words listed next to each number.

Present perfect continuous- i have been ~ing since/for ~

Now the ss have to choose whether they have to use present perfect or present perfect continuous in the sentences and also the appropriate verb, and finally they have to match the sentences to the pictures. Hope you find it useful. Have a great day. Hugs, Zsuzsapszi

Present perfect and present perfect continuous * fully editable * with key

Mini dialogues to practise Present Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous and Simple Past.

Pattern Dialogues: Present Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous and Simple Past

This is another piece of ws from the ´fill in and match´ series. Now the ss have to fill in the sentences with the correct form (Past Perfect or Past Perfect Continuous) of the appropriate verb, and then match the sentences to the pictures. The background is from http://www.cutecolors.com/. Hope you find it useful. Have a great day. Hugs, Zsuzsapszi

Past Perfect or Past Perfect Continuous* fully editable * with key

This is an easy, quickly and understanble explanation in a mind map about the basic similarities and differences between present perfect simple and present perfect continuous.

Present perfect simple vs present perfect continuous, similarities and differences

All the questions are different to Version 1!!!



Another Snakes and Ladders game with How long questions for students to practice present perfect and present perfect continuous for ongoing actions / states.



You can practice this topic and find related speaking tasks at http://www.englishshouldbefun.com/perfect-continuous/



Enjoy!

How long VERSION 2 - Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous

This game can be used in two ways - as a memo (remove card no 13) or Black Peter. You play it in the same way as the traditional game but when you have a pair you must make a sentence using either Future Continuous, Future Perfect or Future Perfect Continuous. 

Black Peter - Future Continuous, Future Perfect and Future Perfect Continuous

In the following exercise, students will need to use either the Past Simple or the Present Perfect Simple and Continuous forms. 



Some sentences are funny, some are serious, but most sentences are used on a daily basis. This worksheet can be used for teaching English to companies and different businesses. 

Present Perfect, Past Simple or Present Perfect Continuous  (Revision worksheet)

The material contains grammar exercise for generalizing and systematizing students' knowledge of grammatical tenses (Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple, Past Continuous, Present Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous, Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous, Future Simple) and practicing practical formation skills sentences and the use of this time form; the material can be used during face-to-face and distance learning.

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Grammar Revision. Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple, Past Continuous, Present Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous, Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous, Future Simple

This worksheet contains one Singular vs Plural task, one task on phrasal verb GO and one task on Present Perfect vs Present Perfect Continuous. This worksheet can come in handy for teachers who teach English using Prosveshcheniye's "Spotlight 8".  

Singular/plural, phrasal verb go, present perfect vs present perfect continuous 

This worksheet is good for anyone learning the present perfect continuous. It's meant to be a writing activity and speaking activity. If you are a junior high school teacher in japan, this worksheet was made for students in the third grade on pages 24-28 in the new horizons textbook. Please explain the present perfect continuous in detail before handing out this worksheet. Write your own examples on the board. This worksheet must be done with a partner and/or group. Make sure the students write the name of the partner answering the question. *feel free to edit the worksheet to match your school or institution.

719 Perfect continuous English ESL worksheets pdf & doc