Present Perfect Continuous – Positive form

Main uses of present perfect continuous include to emphasize the course of an action, or that something is temporary.

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Present Perfect Continuous – Positive form

National symbols of Canada

Instructions: Read the text about Canada’s national symbols. Look at the words in bold.

Imagen: Beaver sculpture over entrance to Centre Block of Canadian Parliament", D. Gordon, E. Robertson (2011), wikimedia commons.

I have been reading about Canada's national symbols.

Canada’s national symbols are influenced by natural, historical, and aboriginal sources. The use of the maple leaf as a Canadian symbol dates to the early 18th century. The maple leaf is depicted on Canada’s current and previous flags, and on the Arms of Canada. The Arms of Canada is closely modelled after the royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom with French and distictive Canadian elements replacing or added to those derived from the British version.

Canada. Retrieved and adapted January, 2017 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada

Getting started: The Great Seal

Instructions: Read the following information. Then do the activity suggested.

The Great Seal of Canada is a governmental seal used for purposes of state, being set on letters patent, proclamations and commisions for representatives of the Queen and for the appointment of cabinet ministers, lieutenant governors, senators, and judges. Other prominente symbols include the beaver on the nickel, Canada goose, common loon, the Crown, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and more recently, the totem pole and Inuksuk. Canadian coins feature many of these symbols: the loon on the $1 coin, the Arms of Canada on the 50c piece, the beaver on the nickel. The penny, removed from circulation in 2013, featured the maple leaf. The Queen’s image appears on $20 bank notes, and on the obverse of all current canadian coins.

Canada. Retrieved January, 2017 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada

Other Canadian symbols

Instructions: Choose T (true) of F (false) for the following statements.

StatementsTF
Canadian government has been using the Great Seal of Canada as its official image for decades.

Canadians have been identifying the maple leaf as image of penny coins until recently.

The Royal Canadian Mint has been featuring the beaver on the $1 coin since last year.

Canadians have been asking the Queen’s image on the reverse of 50 cents coins since 2013.

Let’s find out about the Present Perfect Continuous in the Positive form.

Instructions: Look at the Present Perfect Continuous in the Positive form.

We use the Present Perfect Continuous to emphasize:

  1. The duration or course of an action. Example:

    Jacob has been playing the guitar for two hours.

  2. An action that recently stopped or is still going on. Example:

    Susan has been living here since last year.

  3. A finished action that influenced the present. Example:

    Those men have been working all day.

  4. That something is temporary. Example:

    We have been studying for the final exam.

 

Look at the word order in the positive form:

SubjectAuxiliary Have or Has BeenVerb + ingComplement
Ihavebeenstudyingfor hours.
Angelhasbeensinginga lot these days.
Alicehasbeenworkingin the same project for days.
The girlshavebeenplayingbasketball all morning.

 

Quiz

Great Seal of Canada

Instructions: Fill in the gaps with have or has and the correct form of the verb in parenthesis.

  1. A historian been (write) about the Great Seal of Canada.
  2. He been (do) a research about the purposes of state in Canada.
  3. Many people been (say) that the state is formed by representatives of the Queen, by cabinet ministers, senators, and judges.
  4. Many officers in the Canadian Armed Forces been (receive) commissions affixed with the Privy Seal.
  5. The great seal’s design been (change) and it is considered to be one of the official symbols of Canada.
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Quiz

The Arms of Canada

Instructions: Drag and drop the words to make positive sentences in the Present Perfect Continuous.

has been talkingOur history teacherthe Arms of Canada for a weekabout
a lothave been readingWeCanadian historyabout
about theTwo classmates and Ia deep researchhave been doingCanadian monarch
coat of arms Another group of studentson the royalhave been working
Only one student on the Crownhas been studyingof Canada.

Great Seal of Canada

Instructions: Choose the right options in the following text.

Canadian government has been using the Great Seal of Canada as its official image for decades.true/false

Canadians have been identifying the maple leaf as image of penny coins until recently.true/false

The Royal Canadian Mint has been featuring the beaver on the $1 coin since last year.true/false

Canadians have been asking the Queen’s image on the reverse of 50 cents coins since 2013.true/false

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Evaluation

The beaver

Instructions: Correct the mistakes.

  1. I have being reading about the North American beaver. .
  2. Beavers has been building dams, canals, and lodges. .
  3. Many people have been considered them the second-largest rodent in the world. .
  4. Their colonies has been creating one or more dams to provide still, deep water to protect against predators. .
  5. Canadian people have being taking care of them to avoid beaver population decline. .
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