H3b - present perfect continuous / like-as / comparisons

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Grammar: Present perfect continuous

Present Perfect continuous

Something started in the past, still goes on at the moment, 

and continues to go on

Formula:

[have/has] + been + [-ing form] 

I have been walking for hours and I'm still not home!

Present perfect continuous
NASA _____ (search) for the stellar core of an exploded start since 1987.

Present perfect continuous
Many countries ____ (protect) the elderly and weak against the consequences of Corona virus.

All the perfect tenses we've dealt with so far

Present Perfect

- Time is irrelevant - started in the past, still goes on or is visible - Something just happened/is about to happen 

[have/has] + [past participle]

Past Perfect

- used to talk about two events in the past and show which happened first 

had + [past participle] 

Present Perfect Continuous

- started in the past and still goes on (more emphasis)

[have/has] + been + [-ing form] 

I ___ (look) forward to the party, but they were happy I showed up.

1. haven't looked
2. hadn't looked
3. haven't been looking

Nick ____ (play) games all morning and has no intention of stopping any time soon.

1. has played
2. had played
3. has been playing

___ you ___ (see) Mia's new hair? She dyed it purple and it looks awesome!

1. Have you seen
2. Had you seen
3. Have you been seeing

Sally ____ (call) to call Harry several times already, but she gave up.

1. Has called
2. had called
3. has been trying

Grammar: Comparisons

Comparisons

Comparative

Quicker (than)

Simpler (than)

More famous (than)

More terrible (than)

Adjective

Quick

Simple

Famous

Terrible

Superlative

(the) quickest

(the) simplest

(the) most famous

(the) most terrible

Mike is not as quick as Julian. 

Julian is quicker than Julian. Julian is the quickest. 

The ______ mission (impossible)

1. Impossibler
2. Impossiblest
3. more impossible
4. most impossible

Lola is not as ______ (good) as Laura at drawing.

1. good
2. better
3. best
4. well

Lucy is the _____ (pretty) girl in class.

Comparisons - like / as 

As

To talk about what someone's job is or their function

OR

As conjunction linking two clauses ('zoals') 

Like

To describe how something/someone looks or how they behave (but they aren't really the thing)

She walks around as a shop assistant (and she is!). 

She walks around like a shop assistant (but she isn't!).

We have placed our trashbags outside, as instructed on the flyer. 

John has worked ____ a teacher in South-Africa for a long time.

1. like
2. as

The little children are playing ___ monkeys.

1. Like
2. As

____ the weather forecast predicted, it has been raining all day.

1. as
2. like