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My answer is:
I have been studying english for one intensive month and thanks for god I can speek, learn, write and listening more english.! -
My advice is, only focus your enviroment for english.
If you view a lot videos in youtube… focus only view their in english and bit to bit you can undertand more english.
And the last but not least!! is not be anxious, if you are discipline and constant with this language you can talk write and obviously continue learn than that is the more important in my prespective. In a very bit time.
Introduction
Welcome to Intermediate Relative Pronouns and Clauses
Relative pronouns and clauses
Important definitions before you begin
Relative pronouns and relative clauses
Types of relative pronouns
Role-play: Guess who?
Essential vocabulary
What are Placeholders?
One/ones
Preposition "by"
Both ... and
How to identify phrasal verbs
Negations with prefixes
Causative verbs
Role-play: What should I do?
Quiz: Essential vocabulary
Real and hypothetical situations
Generalizations about groups
General truths with Can
Role-play: Second conditional
Quiz: Real and hypothetical situations
Using "to" and "for"
Objects in sentences
Expressing purpose
Quiz: Using "to" and "for"
More ways to communicate in the past
Ongoing states and conditions
Difference Between "Until" and "till"
Expressing permission in the past
Past simple passive
Role-play: Past intentions
Story of Jack - The Time Traveller
Quiz: More ways to communicate in the past
Conclusions
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How are states and conditions used correctly in English?
When learning English, one of the most useful grammatical structures is the Present Perfect Continuous, which allows us to express actions or situations that began in the past and continue in the present. Essentially, it helps us understand and communicate about ongoing states and conditions. This approach can be especially useful for more advanced levels of learning, allowing you to enrich both your written and verbal expression in English.
How is the present perfect continuous structured?
To form sentences in the present perfect continuous, follow these steps:
- Subject: The person or thing that performs the action.
- "Have/has been: Depends on the pronoun and the subject of the sentence.
- Verb in the -ing form: All continuous tenses in English require the verb in this form.
- Complement: Adds additional details to the end of the sentence.
For example, in the sentence"We have been playing video games for two hours," all the necessary elements line up to indicate an action in progress.
When and why do we use "for" and "since"?
When using the present perfect continuous, it is common to use "for" and "since" to indicate the duration or starting point of an action:
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"for": indicates a specific period of time. For example:"They have been playing tennis for the last three hours" (They have been playing tennisfor the last three hours).
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"Since": Marks the specific starting point of a period of time in the past. For example:"I've been studying French since I was a kid".
What practical examples can we consider?
Let's look at some examples to better assimilate this structure:
- "Since I was a kid I've been studying English".
- "Mike has been playing the guitar for hours". This last example shows how "for" can be used in a general way without specifying the exact number of hours.
How do you answer "How long have you been..."?
Someone might ask you,"How long have you been studying English?". To answer, think about the first time you started studying English and use "for" or "since". Take a moment to think back to that day and formulate your answer. This practice not only reinforces your knowledge, but also motivates other learners by sharing your progress and experience. Invite your peers to share their answers and tips to create an enriching learning community.
Keep practicing and immerse yourself in learning English, an invaluable skill in today's globalized world!
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I have been studying English since I was in school, but at that time, I didn’t want to study English because it seemed boring, until I grew up I realized that it is beautiful to talk to people in different languages and of course to get better jobs.
Well, this year I finally decided to study English. I have been studying since April. It has been quite hard for me bacause, I don’t know why, I “hate” this language 😒
Thanks God Platzi is helping me a lot to love this process
i have been studying english since December 2nd, 2021, i started to study english because one day i saw my brother watching a video and i said to him: What are you watching? he told me that he was studying english, so i took a notebook and i sit next to him, then i decided to buy a suscription and i have been studying almost everyday since that day and actually im very proud of that because if i dont had seen my brother i wouldn´t have this level of english that i getting now
How long have you been studying English? All my life I have had contact in one way or another with English since school. But because of time, because of money, because of circumstances, he hadn’t been interested in learning a new language. In my case to travel, settle in another country and to develop professionally. When I discovered Platzi at the beginning of the pandemic, I realized that his way of teaching was current, it accommodated me to my way of learning, it adapts to work. I feel like I am advancing in the language. Studying a language takes time, its process. I’m learning a lot at Platzi, that’s why I don’t stop learning until I achieve my goals.
- Ongoing states and conditions
To refer ongoing states and conditions we use present perfect continuous
STRUCTURA
SUBJECT+ HAVE BEEN + VERB ING + COMPLEMENT
WE HAVE BEEN PLAYING VIDEO GAMES FOR TWO HOURS
- For /since. How long ?
EX:
Ive been studying French since I was a kid
They have been playing tennis for the last 3 hours
Mike has been playing the guitar for hours
I’ve been studying english since I was 8 years old.
I 've been studying English since I was at university but unfortunately I had to leave it for a while ,but I already picked it up again because I realized it very important if I want get more money.
I've been studying English since 2023
My answer is:
I have been studying english for one intensive month and thanks for god I can speek, learn, write and listening more english.!
My advice is, only focus your enviroment for english.
If you view a lot videos in youtube… focus only view their in english and bit to bit you can undertand more english.
And the last but not least!! is not be anxious, if you are discipline and constant with this language you can talk write and obviously continue learn than that is the more important in my prespective. In a very bit time.
I have been studying English since I was 12 years old
I have been studying english for six months ago with Platzi.
and i have been learning a lot of.
I HAVE BEEN STUDYING ENGLISH FOR 4-5 MONTHS AGO, AND THANKS TO GOD NOW I CAN SPEAK AND UNDERSTAND BETTER THAN BEFORE.
WHEN I WAS A KID I STARTED STUDYING ENGLISH BUT I FORGOT A LOT OF ENGLISH AND NOW I AM STUDYING AGAIN.
BUT NOW, THANKS TO PLATZI I CAN SPEAK, I CAN LISTEN, I CAN PRACTICE THE LANGUAGE.
example:
Possessive pronoun: That dog is mine (here the complete sentence would be that dog is my dog, so mine replaces my dog).
Possessive adjective: That is my dog (here my qualifies the dog, it is not just any dog, but mine.
I have been studying english at platzi since february
I´ve been studying English since I was a kid in school.
I´ve been studying English for too long
I have been studying english since I was 16.
I have been learning english since 2021 started
I have been studying English since I was 12 years but I never learned anything probably the focus. I hope now I lear
I have been studying ensligh since elementary school, I was always one of the best in my class and now I think I have improved a lot since then.
I have been studying English for two decades.
I have been studying English since I was 18 years old.
I have been studying ENGLISH since 2020
I've been studying english since I was a in kindergarten, my school was bilingual and I had 2 hours of english daily, from monday to friday. I think that being in contact since early age with the lenguage have allowed me to learn english easily.
I have been studying English since I was in high school, but I have never been consistent.
how long have you been studing english? I´ve been starting for one intesive month and thanks to this, now i can speak english in everyday situations
I have been studying English for 2 years. In this case, I have been studying since I was young. At work, I used to practice, but at the moment, I only study on Platzi and translate movies or songs into English.
I've been studying English for 2 months
📝 Here are my notes about the class
📌 Present Perfect Continues is used to refer to ongoing states and conditions.
**Structure**
> Subject + has/have been + verb(ing) + complement
📢 “For” and “Since” tell us how long is taking.
**Examples**
* I have been playing videogames for 2 hours.
* I’ve been studying French since I was a kid.
* They have been playing tennis for the last 3 hours.
* Mike has been playing the guitar for hours.
💡 Since marks the initial point of a period of time.
I hope this comment will be useful 💜
I´ve been styding English since I was a teenager, I´ve been styding in different institutes and teacher
I have been studying English for 2 weeks
I´ve been studying English at platzi since march 2023 but I had to abandon the lesson to do MBA. I am really excited to continue learning for the rest of the year and achieve a b2 level.
Hello there,
I have been studying English for ten months now. It has been a longer process than I initially imagined. I have realized the commitment, dedication, and perseverance required to achieve your goals. I have been surrounded by the language since I was young, through school, movies, music, and even courses. However, for one reason or another, I never took the serious step to learn until now. Over the past ten months, I have felt truly motivated to learn and become a fluent English speaker, just for the sake of it.
I wish you all the best on this journey.
✌️🙂
- How long have you been studying english?
I have been study english for 2 years.
I have been study english in platzi.
At my school the English classes were very bad and I didn’t learn at that time.
I've been studying English for three months and one week in platzi, but I studied it many years ago in school.
I was kid study english at school only with the verb to be with a basic english. Now, I study english every day per 2 or 3 hours day by day, because I need improving my level english for my job so very important for me.
I've been learning english since I was at the school, eventhough I've been learning this one thanks to videogames, videos and songs
Time to practice!
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How long have you been studying English?
- I have been studying English since April 2023.
How long have you been studyin English?
- I have been studying english since I was in 4th grade when my friends took me to their english class.
* My answer is: I have been studying english for one intensive month and thanks for god I can speek, learn, write and listening more english.!
* My advice is, only focus your enviroment for english. If you view a lot videos in youtube... focus only view their in english and bit to bit you can undertand more english. And the last but not least!! is not be anxious, if you are discipline and constant with this language you can talk write and obviously continue learn than that is the more important in my prespective. In a very bit time.
I've been studying english since july 2023
* I start like english since i-ve watched movies with my mom when i was around 7-8 years old.
* start learn at school
I've been studying English since I was a kid, with the intention of communicating with others and understanding or writing. I've been studying English for almost 4 years.
I have been studying English since I was a kid, in the school
I have been working on improving my English skills for about a year now.
I have been studying at Platzi for almost a year
* My study format to learn faster is to surround myself with the language, such as music, movies, news, configuring my phone and PC, all in English.
I have been studying english since when a was in the elementary
I have been studying German fot the last 6 months
**Ongoing states and conditions.**
Time for practice.
\- How long have you been studying English?
I have been studying English since December 2021.
I have been studying english since I went to the school, also when I went to the university, and on my own for 4 years.
I've been studying English since 2015, I've practiced in a collage but, I don't practice enought, and rigth now everyday I have been studying in adition watch some videos in English
1. How long have you been studying English? I have been studying english since 3 months.
How long have you been studying English?
- I’ve been studying English seriously for about 1 year
How long have I been study English?
i don’t know, i think i’ve studying English for a short time… a year and seven or eight month more or less…
I´ve been studying English since I was in elementary school.
I´ve been practicing artistic skating since I was a kid.
“Module 5 Ongoing states and conditions”
- Time to practice!
How long have you been studying English?
I have been studying English since January of 2013. I´ve been studying English for too long.
- How log have you been studying English?
I have been studying english since October of 2022.
I have been studying English for approximately 1 year.
I have been studying English since I was an Engineering student.
How long have you been studying english? I have been studying english for one year, but I don’t speak the language very well yet. I feel that I need more perseverance and security.
I have been studying english for about 4 months at English Platzi Academy and I am very happy with the results. I feel more confident and segure about my talking and writing skills. Profesor Jhon is excellent by the way 😃
I´ve been studying English since I was a child, however, I took a risk three years ago, because I started to work for a bilingual campaign in a call center company.
On the other hand, as everybody knows, we are taught the English tongue at elementary/school and university, but they only teach you grammar English, but not the way the native English speakers do, so, I´m currently practicing the “common” English expressions and how the native people talk and speak this tongue.
- I’ve been studying english in this platform since March, I’ve learnt a lot because of the good teachers and the wonderfull content. Recently, I started to combine Plazti with Bussu, an app that works similiar to Duolingo, and AnkiDroid, another app which you can increase your vocabulary.
I don’t remember exactly when i start to study english, but i have classes in high school, so i have been studyng english for the last six months at platzi
I have been studying English for almost 20 years ago 😦
I have been studying English since high school, but at that time, I didn’t like the language, and I wasn’t very proficient in it. However, since 2022, when I decided to change my professional career, I realized the importance of English. I have been studying at Platzi for five months
I really feel I have been studing english for my whole life.
How long have you been studyng english?
I have been studying english for 1 year
Exercise: How long have you been studying English?
I have been studying English since I have been in the school, about 5 years ago. However, now I am taking the study of English seriously with Platzi.
How long have you been studying English? I have been studying English for one year and six months
I have been studying English since 2017, when I was in college. Then, I started studying on a subscription-based online English platform approximately 1 year. Until I came with Platzi, where I have been studying since November 2022.
My answers is:
I have been studying English since last May, and actually, I feel that I can speak more quickly than when I started.
i’ve been studying english since i was five years old.
I have been study english since last year,
2022
I’ve been studying English since I was in 5th grade.
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💡 We must use Present Perfect Continuous.
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Present Perfect Continuous Structure ✅
- Subject + Have / Has + Been + Ing verb + Complement.
For and Since to add duration 🏹
- I can use for to refer to a period of time i have been doing something.
- I can use Since to refer the point one i started doing something.
Questions to know the duration i have been doing something 💚
- How Long have you been doing this activity.
- Have and been are separated if i wanna do questions.
Practicing 🔥
- I have been studying English since last year’s November.
How long have you been studying English?
I hve been learning English for 7months an d I am very excited because in Platzi I found what I had been looking for in order to parse this language.
Sometimes I don’t understand but try once more.
I have been learning English for four years, in my case I have been watching videos until I knew at Platzi, I am really focused and disciplined.
I have been studying English for the last two months
I have been studying English since November, first with my brother’s account, but now I have my own account
I have been studying English for some years, but I take it seriously one year ago.
I have been studying English since I was 18 years old. I got a basic level in English. My purpose is I get a B1 to pass a Toefl exam and communicate with foreign People.
i´ve been studing english since last year
i´ve been studing english for three months
I have been studying english for the last 3 years, when the pandemic it’s started I decide to learn.
I’ve been studying English since 2016,
How long have you been studying English?
I have been studying English since I was in school.
- I have been studying English since December.
Time to practice
I have been studying English for 2 years and 3 months.
My input.
I have been studyng english for a lot of timem but in this moment I am shoser that never.
thanks for reading
I have been studying english since i was a kid
I have been studying english fo two months.
I’ve been studying English since my teens, but I’ve tried harder for the last ten months.
- I’ve been studying English with more focus at Platzi for the last 8 months, but before that, I already had a decent background in that language because the entertainment content and learning or work resources I’ve been using were in English so implicitly I brushed up my skills.
I used to study English at school, but I stopped when I graduated. Then I started again some years later. Now I have been studying English since October 2022.
It is being a great experience to study with all of you!
I have been studying English for 2 years… And during this process, I learn 3 important things to learn better and improve.
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Don’t worry about your accent: Or the way you speak and organize your words at the beginning of the process (the people still understand you)
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Change your environment: Start to use apps in English, read, watch movies, and videos, listen to music and speak with native English speakers (When you listen to them, you start learning how they speak and how to improve)
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Start to talk, write and listen: Write and read in English, or start a conversation with a person whose native language is English. When you practice you make mistakes, this is the best way to learn, after a very bad mistake comes a great solution.
I have been studying English for 8 months.
I’ve been studying english (with regularity) for 2 weeks.
I have been studying English since january 2022.
My advice it’s try that your enviroment are in English, for example your phone, computer and try listen to music in english also try read and write in english, find themes that like you.
I have been studying English since I was 5 years old and I still haven’t finished learning it.
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