Curso de Inglés Post Intermedio (B2)

18.(A) Fill in with the correct words & Read aloud

It was very difficult to go ............. sleep. Our neighbours ............. having a party. They were good friends. They ............. known each other for years. Susan and I went ............. a walk. I had difficulty keeping ............. with her because she was ............. so fast. My brother ............. sitting on the grass. He was out ............. breath. He'd been ............. . When I arrived, all my friends were sitting ............. the table with their mouths full. They ............. eating. When I arrived, all my friends were round the ............. and talking. Their ............. were empty, but their stomachs were ............. . They had been ............. . Eve was on her hands and knees ............. the floor. She was ............. for her contact lens. When she ............., I was waiting ............. her. I was annoyed with her because she was late and I ............. been waiting for a long ............. . I was sad when I moved. I had ............. that house for a very long time. The nurse was weary ............. the end of the day. She had ............. working for more ............. 20 hours.

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Dictado

1. PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

Se forma con Presente del verbo to have + been + la forma -ing del verbo principal.

El pretérito perfecto continuo se centra en la acción más que en el resultado. Muchas veces se traduce por la expresión "llevar + gerundio" en castellano.

I have been writing letters all morning. = Llevo escribiendo cartas toda la mañana.

Lo usamos:

a) Para hablar de una actividad que empezó en el pasado y que continúa en el presente, resaltando la duración o la intensidad de la actividad. Se suelen emplear las preposiciones for o since

I've been working in this bank since 1999. = Trabajo (llevo trabajando) en este banco desde 1999.

b) Para hablar de una acción que empezó en el pasado y puede haber acabado recientemente

The children have been playing all day. = Los niños han estado jugando todo el día. (llevan todo el día jugando)

c) Para hablar de acciones pasadas que acaban de concluir, cuyos efectos o consecuencias son evidentes

What's that smell? Have you been frying fish? = ¿Qué es ese olor? ¿Has estado friendo pescado?

2. PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

Se forma con el pretérito pluscuamperfecto del verbo to be (had been) + la forma -ing del verbo principal.

Muchas veces equivale a la estructura "llevaba + gerundio".

Se utiliza para subrayar la repetición o duración de una acción anterior a otra en el pasado:

She had been studying medicine for four years when he met her. = Ella llevaba cuatro años estudiando medicina cuando él la conoció.

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