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Lesson Pack: Progressive Tense Verbs
Lesson 3
Lesson Topic: Present Perfect Progressive Tense
Objective
Students will be able to
construct and use the
present perfect progressive
tense
Lesson Outline
1. Discuss the lesson objectives
2. Introduction: Explain when to use perfect progressive
3. Teacher Model: Choose between past and perfect progressive
4. Paired Practice: Choose between past and perfect progressive
5. Individual Practice: Choose between past and perfect
progressive
6. Wrap up lesson
Optional Follow-up Activity
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Common Core Standards
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.1.B
Form and use the progressive (e.g., I was walking; I am walking; I will be walking) verb tenses.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.1.B
Form and use the perfect (e.g., I had walked; I have walked; I will have walked) verb tenses.
Prerequisites
● Students can form and use verbs in the past tense
● Students have completed Lesson 1: Present Progressive Tense
● Students have completed Lesson 1: Present Perfect Tense
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Slide 1/8
By the end of class today, I will be
able to:
● Use a present perfect
progressive actions to talk
about ongoing actions.
Objectives
Introduce the objective for the lesson.
Say: You already know how to use -ing words to talk about actions
that are in progress. For example, you can say I am sitting to tell
what you are doing right now.
Say: Today, you will learn another way to talk about things that are
in progress and have been in progress for a while.
Ask a student to read the objectives out loud.
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I have been studying for three
hours.
Introduction
Explain when to use perfect progressive.
Say: Let’s start with an example sentence.
Ask a student to read the sentence out loud.
Say: What is the action in this sentence?
Anticipated Student Response: studying
Say: Yes! In this sentence, the action is made up of three
words—have, been, and an -ing word, studying.
Say: This type of action is used when two things are true: the action
started in the past and is still happening and when the sentence
tells how much time has passed from start of the action to now.
Say: In this sentence, how much time has passed since I started the
action?
Anticipated Student Response: three hours
Say: Yes, and I am not finished yet—the action is still happening.
That’s why we must use have been studying instead of just studied.
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Slide 3/8: Interactive Slide
waited / has been waiting
When will his new phone arrive? He
_____ for a week.
Teacher Models Response
Teacher Model
Complete the sentence as a whole class.
Say: Let’s practice choosing between past tense and this new
progressive tense.
Ask a student to read the prompt out loud.
Say: Okay, we need to decide whether to use waited or has been
waiting. To decide, I need to ask myself if the action is over or if it is
still happening.
Say: What clues are in my sentence that can help me decide?
Anticipated Student Response: The first part of the prompt is
asking when the phone will arrive, so we know he is still waiting for
it.
Say: Yes! Which action word should I choose if the action is still in
progress?
Anticipated Student Response: has been waiting
Say: Exactly.
In the teacher model box, fill in the blank with “has been waiting”
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played / have been playing
I _____ the piano for a year, but I still
have a lot to learn.
Students Input Sentences
Paired Practice
Ask pairs to complete the sentence.
Say: Now try one with your partner.
Discussion
Select 1 correct response and 2-3 incorrect responses to display and discuss.
Lead a discussion about the errors students made in the incorrect responses, and then discuss the correct response.
Ask the following questions:
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● How do you know to use have been playing?
● What clues in the sentence tell you the action (playing the piano) is still ongoing?
● Why can’t we use played or was playing in this sentence?
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lived / have been living
I _____ in Iraq for two years before I
moved to New York.
Students Input Sentences
Individual Practice
Ask students to complete the sentence on their own.
Say: Now try one on your own.
Discussion
Select 1 correct response and 2-3 incorrect responses to display and discuss.
Lead a discussion about the errors students made in the incorrect responses, and then discuss the correct response.
Ask the following questions:
● How do you know to use lived?
● What clues in the sentence tell you the action (living in Iraq) over?
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Today, I learned:
● A perfect progressive verb
is made up of have or has,
been, and an -ing word
● Use this tense to talk about
actions that are still in
progress
● Use this tense in sentences
that tell how much time has
passed since the action
began
Wrap-up
Review what the students learned today.
Say: Great work everyone! Let’s review what you learned today.
Ask students to read each bullet point out loud.
You can assign an independent practice activity that students can either
complete now or later.
You can also pull aside the flagged students for small group instruction.
Say: Follow the instructions on your screen. If your screen says to
begin the next activity, go ahead and begin it now. If your screen
says to wait for instructions, please wait at your desk quietly for
your next steps.
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