Present Perfect Continuous ESL Activities, Games and Worksheets

A Perfect Review!

Intermediate (B1) 25 minutes
ESL Present Perfect Continuous Worksheet - Grammar Exercises: Matching, Binary Choice, Sentence Completion, Writing Sentences

In this useful present perfect continuous worksheet, students review the uses of the present perfect continuous... read more

Have you been...?

Intermediate (B1) 30 minutes
ESL Present Perfect Continuous Activity - Grammar and Speaking: Writing Short Answers, Asking and Answering Questions, Freer Practice - Pair Work

In this present perfect continuous speaking activity, students practice asking and answering Have you been... read more

What have I been doing?

Intermediate (B1) 30 minutes
ESL Present Perfect Continuous Game - Grammar and Speaking: Miming, Guessing, Forming Sentences - Group Work

In this free present perfect continuous game, students mime what they have been doing for others to guess. A student from Team A comes to the front of the... read more

What have they been doing?

Intermediate (B1) 20 minutes
ESL Present Perfect Continuous Activity - Grammar and Speaking: Asking and Answering Questions, Forming Sentences - Pair Work

In this engaging present perfect continuous speaking activity, students use picture cards to ask and answer questions... read more

What have you been doing recently?

Intermediate (B1) 30 minutes
ESL Present Perfect Continuous Survey - Speaking Activity: Asking and Answering Questions, Freer Practice

In this insightful present perfect continuous activity, students conduct a survey on recent activities and actions to practice the present perfect continuous tense... read more

Are you lying to me?

Upper-intermediate (B2) 30 minutes
ESL Present Perfect Continuous Board Game - Speaking and Grammar: True or False, Impromptu Speech, Guessing, Communicative Practice - Group Work

In this fun present perfect continuous board game, students give true or false information about themselves using the... read more

Early Release

Upper-intermediate (B2) 20 minutes
ESL Present Perfect Continuous Activity - Grammar and Speaking: Information Gap, Asking and Answering Questions, Freer and Communicative Practice - Pair Work

In this present perfect continuous information gap activity, students find out what useful acts prisoners have been doing and... read more

What do you think they have been doing?

Upper-intermediate (B2) 25 minutes
ESL Present Perfect Continuous Role-Play - Grammar and Speaking Activity: Asking and Answering Questions, Sentence Completion, Controlled Practice - Group Work

In this free present perfect continuous activity, students take on a character role and ask questions to find out what... read more

What have you been up to?

Upper-intermediate (B2) 30 minutes
ESL Present Perfect Continuous Activity - Grammar and Speaking: Asking and Answering Questions, Small Talk, Communicative Practice - Pair Work

This communicative present perfect continuous activity helps students develop their small talk conversation... read more