Come up with your own PPP sentences. 1 negatve sentence and 1 negative question.
Negative: Subject + has/have + not + been + Verb + ing / Negative question: Has/have + Subject + not + been + Verb + ing
Everyone (play) Among Us lately.
Everyone has been playing Among Us lately.
Come up with your own PPP sentences. 1 positive sentence and 1 positive question.
Positive: Subject + has/have + been + Verb + ing // Question: Has/have + Subject + been + Verb + ing
Caroline (study) for her math exam for 3 hours straight. And she's still not stopping!
Caroline HAS BEEN STUDYING ...
Come up with your own PPP sentence. It must be negative.
Subject + has/have + not + been + Verb + ing
Jojo and I (learn) Chinese since 2017.
Jojo and I (we) HAVE BEEN LEARNING ...
Turn this sentence into a question: "I have been sneezing non-stop all day."
Have I been sneezing non-stop all day?
What is the pattern or formula for PPP? Start with Subject + ___ + ___ + ___ ...
Subject + HAS or HAVE + BEEN + VERBing
Come up with your own PPP sentence. It must be a question.
Has/have + Subject + been + Verb + ing
All of these are common PPP time markers EXCEPT: (A) lately (B) recently (C) for (D) last year (E) since
(D) last year. It is specific and happened in the past. It is used in Simple Past.
Turn this question into a positive sentence: "Has she been thinking of you?"
She has been thinking of you.
When do we use PPP? (A) started in the past, still happening now (B) stopped recently, affecting now (C) A and B (D) none
(C) A and B
Lucas (go) to the same school since kindergarten.
Lucas HAS BEEN GOING to the same school ...
(Someone, tell) you the answers all this time? Or did you figure it out on your own?
HAS someone BEEN TELLING you the answers ... ?
Come up with your own PPP sentences: 1 POSITIVE question + 1 NEGATIVE question.
Positive ?: Has/have + Subject + been + Verb + ing? // Negative ?: Has/have + Subject + not + been + Verb + ing?
Turn this negative sentence into positive: "I haven't been thinking about farting and blaming it on my sister."
I have been thinking about farting and blaming it on my sister.
Alice (not, play) with me because she's too busy studying.
Alice has not been playing with me ...
Turn this positive sentence into negative: "I've been scrolling through TikTok for the past 2 hours."
O have not been scrolling through TikTok for the past 2 hours.
Which one is INCORRECT? (A) They have been taking a taxi instead of walking. (B) They have been take na taxi instead of walking. (C) Have they been taking a taxi instead of walking? (D) They have not been taking a taxi instead of walking.
(B) because the pattern is SUBJECT + HAS/HAVE + BEEN + VERB + ING.
Laura and Lauren ___ (tell) everyone that they are not twins.
Laura and Lauren HAVE BEEN TELLING everyone ...
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