VIP Class Notes (Li)
Today we focused on:
Present perfect continuous tense
Vocabulary
the industry is on the decline – becoming less and less
fast-paced environment/living/industry – very quick
Grammar
present perfect continuous
past<—–present——>future
has/have been + verb-ing
has/have not/hasn’t/haven’t been + verb-ing (negative)
ex. I have been studying English for 5 years.
ex. She has been living in this city for a long time.
Usages
-to talk about an ongoing and incomplete activity
– I have been working on this project for 6 months.
-I have been learning how to swim for 2 months.
-recently finished and uninterrupted activity which has a present result
-I have been chopping wood all day.
-My friend has been cooking all morning.
-What have you been doing?
-I’ve been working on the computer.
draw -> drew -> drawn (past participle)
ring -> rang -> rung (past participle)
leave -> left -> left (past participle)
Speaking exercise
I have drawn on my notebook and I showed you my timeline.
I have been working for a long time. I worked as an intern when I was a student. I worked in traditional media, a magazine company.
Traditional media and social media have different ways to communicate with people.
Because I started working during university, so I was an art student, so I learnt Photoshop.
For magazines, you have a theme. You can show everything related to this theme. For articles, you need to find a new concept every day.
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