COLEGIO RUB1N DAR2O

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**COLEGIO RUBÉN DARÍO** **LA REINA - SANTIAGO** **SUBJECT: ENGLISH** Name: Diego Date: 22 Apr. 2023 Grade: 10th grade --- **Unit 1: “Globalisation and Communication”** **PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS** It is used to emphasize how long a current activity has been going on for. **Structure** Subject + have/has + been + verb(ing) + objects Examples: - She has been reading for 2 hours. **For/Since** **Tenses:** - She has been reading for 2 hours. - She hasn’t been reading for 2 hours. - Has she been reading for 2 hours? - Yes, she has. - No, she hasn’t. **TAMARA GARRIDO DÍAZ** EFL teacher – UMCE garridodiazt@gmail.com --- **SINCE** Use "since" when offering a specific time. **Starting Point:** - since I was a child - since childhood - since Monday - since April **A Time or Date:** - since 6 a.m. - since 2019 **Example:** I have been waiting since 6 a.m. --- **FOR** Use "for" for an amount of time. **Period of Time:** - for a decade - for a century - for a long time **Number + Time Word:** - for 5 minutes - for 2 days - for 6 months - for 10 years **Example:** I have been waiti...