We often use the Present Perfect Progressive with the same meaning as the Present Perfect Tense The two tenses are nearly the same, but the Progressive Tense gives a stronger idea that the action is still continuing or that it has only just finished I have been talking to Peter for two hours ( I have just finished talking or perhaps we’ll talk again ) Write Write the the sentences sentences in in aa different different way, way, using using the the Present Present Perfect Perfect Progressive Progressive Ex My best friend went to live in Greece twenty years ago, and she Ex My best friend went to live in Greece twenty years ago, and she is is still still there there My My best best friend friend has has been been living living in in Greece Greece for for twenty twenty years years 1.My grandmother started to listen to the radio an hour 1.My grandmother started to listen to the radio an hour ago, ago, and and she she is is still still there there 2.They 2.They started started to to wait wait for for the the bus bus twenty twenty minutes minutes ago, ago, and and they they are are still still waiting waiting 3.Helen 3.Helen and and James James started started to to go go out out together together two two years years ago, ago, and and they they still still do it it 4.My 4.My parents parents began began going going on on holidays holidays in in August August many many years years ago, ago, and and they they go go in in August every year August every year 5.Peter 5.Peter started started to to study study English English three three and and aa half half years years ago, ago, and and he he still still hasn’t finished hasn’t finished 6.My 6.My 7.My 7.My friends friends start start to to eat eat lunch lunch half half an an hour hour ago, ago, and and they they are are still still eating eating father started to work in the garden two hours ago, and he is father started to work in the garden two hours ago, and he is still still working working 8.I 8.I started started this this exercise exercise ten ten minutes minutes ago, ago, and and I’m I’m 9.The students started to write their compositions 9.The students started to write their compositions still still doing doing it it half an hour half an hour ago, ago, and and they they still still haven’t haven’t finished finished 10.It started 10.It started raining raining last last night, night, and and it it hasn’t hasn’t stopped stopped yet yet 11.My sister bought her car in 2010, and she is still paying 11.My sister bought her car in 2010, and she is still paying for for it it 12.My parents began to save money when they got married, and 12.My parents began to save money when they got married, and they they are are still still saving it saving it 13.The 13.The children children began began to to watch watch TV TV after after dinner dinner and and they they are are still still watching watching it it 14.John began learning how to drive in September and he is still having lessons 14.John began learning how to drive in September and he is still having lessons 15.I 15.I began began this this exercise exercise at at seven seven o’clock o’clock Now Now it’s it’s half half past past eight eight and and I’ve I’ve just just finished finished