Learn how to form the present perfect progressive tense of English verbs
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Daniel: Hey everybody, Daniel here. |
| Chihiro: Chihiro here. Buying a Ticket. |
| Daniel: Chihiro, what are we learning about in this lesson? |
| Chihiro: Well, in this lesson, you will learn how to buy tickets. |
| Daniel: This conversation takes place at the ticket counter. |
| Chihiro: The conversation is between Susan and the ticket agent. |
| Chihiro: Okay, so let’s listen to the conversation. |
| Daniel: They will be speaking casually. |
| DIALOGUE |
| (Mike and Susan are at TKTS, the discount ticket counter for Broadway and off-Broadway shows) |
| Susan: Two tickets to "Wicked," please. |
| Ticket Agent: Matinee or an evening show? |
| Susan: Matinee, please. |
| Ticket Agent: This is your lucky day, ma'am. We've got front row tickets on the mezzanine level. |
| Mike: What's a mezzanine? |
| Susan: It means the second floor of a theater. |
| Mike: I knew that. |
| Susan: Great. We'll take them. |
| Ticket Agent: Do you want seats in the center or right-hand side? |
| Susan: Center, of course! |
| Ticket Agent: All right. Two tickets to today's matinee. Front-row center mezzanine level. That'll be a hundred and twenty dollars total. |
| Susan: Thank you. |
| Susan: I can't believe we got front-row mezzanine for "Wicked!" It's one of the most popular shows on Broadway. Most people can't even get in! |
| Mike: Well, we deserve it! We've been waiting outside TKTS since six a.m.! |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Chihiro: Nice, sounds like they're going to watch a musical! |
| Daniel: Yeah, how about you, are you into musicals? |
| Chihiro: I am! I like them very much! I like the whole singing live act, and so musicals are one of the things I really like to watch. Although, I like stage performances in general, musical or not. |
| Daniel: Yeah? Like which ones? |
| Chihiro: Well I've seen Phantom of the Opera, Miss Saigon, Grease, and stage performances such as ballet and some other dance groups, I especially like the Blue Man Group! |
| Daniel: You know that theater is a popular form of entertainment in New York and many other places around the world for those like Chihiro who like them. And many of them are musicals, like the ones that have been mentioned. |
| Chihiro: Right, depending on the show and the popularity, tickets may be hard to get or may need to be reserved ahead of time to get good seats. So Daniel, how about you? Any musicals that you like? |
| Daniel: Nah, I'm not really into musicals. I prefer to separate drama from music. |
| Chihiro: Fine, be that way! |
| Daniel: Sorry. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Chihiro: Let's take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. |
| The first word is: |
| Daniel: Broadway [natural native speed] |
| Chihiro: street in New York where there are many theaters, also used to refer to the world of theater |
| Daniel: Broadway [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Daniel: Broadway [natural native speed] |
| Chihiro: Next... |
| Daniel: ticket [natural native speed] |
| Chihiro: a piece of paper that serves as a permit |
| Daniel: ticket [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Daniel: ticket [natural native speed] |
| Chihiro: Next... |
| Daniel: discount [natural native speed] |
| Chihiro: at a reduced price |
| Daniel: discount [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Daniel: discount [natural native speed] |
| Chihiro: Next... |
| Daniel: agent [natural native speed] |
| Chihiro: person who does business for another |
| Daniel: agent [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Daniel: agent [natural native speed] |
| Chihiro: Next... |
| Daniel: lucky [natural native speed] |
| Chihiro: having good chance or fortune |
| Daniel: lucky [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Daniel: lucky [natural native speed] |
| Chihiro: Next... |
| Daniel: row [natural native speed] |
| Chihiro: straight line of things or people |
| Daniel: row [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Daniel: row [natural native speed] |
| Chihiro: Next... |
| Daniel: theater [natural native speed] |
| Chihiro: place where performances are held on stage |
| Daniel: theater [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Daniel: theater [natural native speed] |
| Chihiro: Next... |
| Daniel: to deserve [natural native speed] |
| Chihiro: to be worthy of something |
| Daniel: to deserve [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Daniel: to deserve [natural native speed] |
| VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE |
| Chihiro: Let’s take a closer look at the usage for some of the words and phrases from this lesson. |
| Daniel: Let's take a look at the words “matinee” and “evening show.” “Matinee” means “in the afternoon,” as oppose to an evening show. The word “matinee” is used for movies, plays, and theaters and comes from a French word... which originally meant “morning,” but was used in English to mean “daytime.” |
| Chihiro: Cool. So, next we have the phrase, “This is your lucky day.” This is a phrase used to tell a person that they are lucky to have gotten what they did. In other words, by chance they are in a better position. The ticket agent says this to Susan because she had two front row seats available for them. These are very good seats that usually get sold out quickly. |
| Daniel: Try using this phrase on a friend when giving good news. For example, |
| Chihiro: “Hey Daniel, do you happen to have the grammar point notes with you? I forgot them at my desk...” |
| Daniel: “Chihiro, it's your lucky day! They're right here!” |
Lesson focus |
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| Chihiro: Okay, today we're going to talk about the present perfect progressive. This tense is used to talk about how long things have been continuing up to now. |
| Daniel: Right, try not to confuse this with the regular present perfect tense, which is used to talk about something in the past that has a connection to the present. The present perfect progressive is used for talking about how someone has been using their time up to now. For example, |
| Chihiro: “We've been traveling for a few months.” |
| Daniel: This means that we started traveling in the past, and we're still traveling even now. |
| Chihiro: To form this tense, the sentence structure is, subject + “have”/”has” + “been” + the present participle, which is the “-ing” form of a verb. Here's an example from the dialogue. |
| Daniel: “We've been waiting outside of TKTS since 6 a.m.!” |
| Chihiro: Okay. Now, to form the negative, the structure is, subject + “have”/”has” + “been” + “not” + the present participle. For example, |
| Daniel: “I have not been sleeping much lately.” |
| Chihiro: In questions, switch the subject with the “have”/”has” and the structure would be, “have”/”has” + subject + “been” + present participle, as in this sentence, |
| Daniel: “Have you been studying the present participle?” Listeners, remember that the present participles are formed depending on the verb. So review Lower Intermediate Lesson 15 on how to form the present participle if you're a little rusty. |
| Chihiro: And also keep in mind that contractions are often used with the subject and “have”/”has,” especially in spoken English. For example, |
| Daniel: “He's been playing all morning.” |
| Chihiro: Try and use the contractions so that you can understand it when you hear it. |
| Daniel: And one last thing. “Be,” “know,” and “have” are non-progressive verbs, so they do not take the present perfect progressive form. When using “be,” “now,” and “have,” use the present perfect form. |
| Chihiro: Right, good note Daniel, and good luck listeners! |
| Daniel: And also remember to take a look at the lesson notes in the PDF as it will help you to understand better. |
Outro |
| Chihiro: That just about does it for today. |
| Chihiro: See you later everybody! |
| Daniel: Later guys! |
| REPETITION OF DIALOGUE |
| (Mike and Susan are at TKTS, the discount ticket counter for Broadway and off-Broadway shows) |
| Susan: Two tickets to "Wicked," please. |
| Ticket Agent: Matinee or an evening show? |
| Susan: Matinee, please. |
| Ticket Agent: This is your lucky day, ma'am. We've got front row tickets on the mezzanine level. |
| Mike: What's a mezzanine? |
| Susan: It means the second floor of a theater. |
| Mike: I knew that. |
| Susan: Great. We'll take them. |
| Ticket Agent: Do you want seats in the center or right-hand side? |
| Susan: Center, of course! |
| Ticket Agent: All right. Two tickets to today's matinee. Front-row center mezzanine level. That'll be a hundred and twenty dollars total. |
| Susan: Thank you. |
| Susan: I can't believe we got front-row mezzanine for "Wicked!" It's one of the most popular shows on |
| Broadway. Most people can't even get in! |
| Mike :Well, we deserve it! We've been waiting outside TKTS since six a.m.! |
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