Present Perfect Continuous – Interrogative form

You will study the Present Perfect Continuous in the Interrogative form.

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Present Perfect Continuous – Interrogative form

Canadian visual art

Instructions: Read the text. Look at the letters in bold.

The Jack Pine. Public Domain.

Have Canadian artists been creating special paitings?

Canadian visual art has been dominated by figures such as Tom Thomson –the country’s most famous painter- and by the Group of Seven. Thomson’s career painting Canadian landscapes spanned a decade up to his death in 1917 at age 39. The Group were painters with nationalistic and idealistic focus, who first exhibited their distinctive works in May, 1920. Though referred to as having seven members, five artists –Lawren Harris, A. Y. Jackson, Arthur Lismer, J.E.H. MacDonald, and Frederick Verley- were responsible for articulating the Group’s ideas. They were joined briefly by Frank Johnston, and by commercial artist Franklin Carmichael. A. J. Casson became part of the Group in 1926, known for her landscapes and portrayals of the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. Since the 1950s, works of Inuit art have been given as gifts to foreign dignitaries by the Canadian government.

Canada. Retrieved and adapted January, 2017 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada

Getting started: Tom Thomson

Instructions: Read the following information to do the activity suggested.

Thomas John “Tom” Thomson (August 5, 1877 – July 8, 1917) was an influential Canadian artist of the early 20th century. He directly, influenced a group of Canadian painters that would come to be known as the Group of Seven, and though he died before they formally formed, he is sometimes incorrectly credited as being a member of the group itself. Thomson died under mysterious circumstances on Canoe Lake in Algonquin Park.

Canada. Retrieved January, 2017 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Thomson

About Thomson

Instructions: Match questions to answers.

No, he hasn’tYes, they have No, they haven’t

1. Have people been calling Thomson for his second name? _______________.

2. Has he been influencing 21st Canadian artists? _______________.

3. Have people been talking about his dead in mysterious circumstances? _______________.

Let’s s learn how to form the Present Perfect Continuous in the Interrogative form.

Instructions: Look at the Present Perfect Continuous in the Interrogative form.

Remember: We use the Present Perfect Continuous to emphasize:

  1. The duration or course of an action. Example:

    Jacob has been playing the guitar for two hours.

  2. An action that recently stopped or is still going on. Example:

    Susan has been living here since last year.

  3. A finished action that influenced the present. Example:

    Those men have been working all day.

  4. That something is temporary. Example:

    We have been studying for the final exam.

 

Look at the word order in the interrogative form:

Auxiliary Have or HasSubjectBeenVerb + ingComplement?Short Answers
Haveyoubeenstudyingfor hours?Yes, I have. / No, I haven't.
HasAngelbeensinginga lot these days?Yes, he has. / No, he hasn't.
HasAlicebeenworkingin the same project for days?Yes, she has. / No, she hasn't.
Havethe girlsbeenplayingbaseball all morning?Yes, they have. / No, they haven't.

 

Quiz

Thomson’s paintings

Instructions: Fill in the gaps with “Have” or “Has” and the correct form of the verb in parenthesis.

  1. you been (study) to be a Graphic Designer as Thomson?
  2. you been (paint) since you were very young?
  3. people been (admire) Thomson’s paintings?
  4. many Canadian artists been (follow) Thomson’s style?
  5. anybody been (explain) his technique?
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Quiz

Thomson’s influences

Instructions: Correct the mistakes.

  1. People from all over the world has been admiring Thomson’s paintings. .
  2. Some artists has been saying Thomson may have known Van Gogh's work. .
  3. Some others have being thinking Thomson may have received influences from Art Nouveau. .
  4. I have been told my friend he may have received influences from Arts and Crafts movements as well. .
  5. Many has been writing he would have been familiar from his work in the graphic arts. .
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Evaluation

Questions and answers

Instructions: Make questions for the answers:

  1. ? Yes, I have been thinking Thomson's control of colour was exceptional.
  2. ? No, my mother has not been talking about Thomson’s pigments to create unusual, new colours.
  3. ? Yes, in our Art class we have been analyzing some of his works.
  4. ? No, we haven’t been reading about his biographer.
  5. ? Yes, we have been admiring his artistic evolution at Unfinished Sketch.
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