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Ben

United Kingdom

Ça suffit ! Quand j'ai décidé d'essayer d'apprendre la langue française je ne connaissais personne qui aussi parle français, donc j'ai commencé en utilisant l'appli Duolingo (j'ai aussi acheté un cahier de grammaire). Pendant cette période, je faisais des progrès et je trouvais une rythme tous les jours où je m'entraînais avec un petit peu de discipline. Cependant, je devenais de plus en plus frustré car l'opportunité d'appliquer mes compétences ne s'est pas présentée et je n'augmentais pas mes capacités à utiliser la langue dans la vraie vie. Mais je n'arrêtais pas à cause de la séquence ! Aujourd'hui, j'ai obtenu une séquence de 1000 jours consécutifs, et je suis fini avec cette application. Maintenant, je veux améliorer mes compétences en français en parlant, en bavardant, et en discutant. Bien que je fasse encore souvent des erreurs, à mon avis, il faut utiliser la langue avec les autres pour progresser. Sinon, à quoi ça sert ?

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Nur Erin

United Kingdom

Has anyone been to Istanbul as a tourist before? I have a question.. I wanted to visit multiple attractions but over the 7 days. Which pass should I get that gives me better value? I checked the Istanbul mega pass but it gives me 4 attraction and it has to be use in a day, which I don’t want to do because we are going to split the days and take our time to visit each attraction. #istanbultour #touradvice

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Thiri Win

United Kingdom

Beautiful Rose Bouquet 💐 🌹 🤗😍❤️ ~ hope you have a beautiful Wednesday all ~

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George

United Kingdom

人々はあなたと会話が欲しいけど、雑談を聞いている!しかし、しばらく彼らはあなたのメッセージを無視した、ちょっと変だね!彼らのために便利時、彼らはまだあなたと話すが欲しい!それで、彼らはあなたの理由が彼らはあなたと良い会話がない見せかける!どう思う? てか間違っていたら、直してください! If people want to talk with you, but ask for small talk! However, they ignored your messages for a while, it’s kind of strange, because they only want to talk with you when it’s convenient for them and act like you’re the reason they’re not having a good conversation with you! What do you think? Btw, if I made a mistake please correct me!

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Will ウイル

United Kingdom

Good morning everyone! Jet lag is hitting me hard 😆 おはようみんな!時差ボケがめっちゃきつい-

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Ann your favourite ahjuma

United Kingdom

Going to work this morning feels like this 😩😀😭

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Akim

United Kingdom

Present Perfect Continuous (“I have been doing”) ⸻ 1. What is Present Perfect Continuous? We use it to talk about: 1. An action started in the past and still continues now • “I have been studying English for 2 years.” • “She has been working here since 2020.” 2. An action that was happening recently and we can see the result now • “You are tired because you have been running.” • “It has been raining, the ground is wet.” ⸻ 2. Structure (formula) 👉 Subject + have/has + been + verb(-ing) ✅ Examples: • I have been reading. • She has been cooking all day. • They have been playing football. ⸻ 3. Positive / Negative / Questions Positive • I have been learning English. • He has been playing guitar. Negative • I have not been learning English. • She has not been studying. Questions • Have you been learning English? • Has he been playing guitar? ⸻ 4. Time expressions often used • for (a period of time) → “for 3 hours” • since (a point in time) → “since 2010” • all day / all morning / all night • recently / lately ⸻ 5. Difference: Present Perfect Simple vs Continuous Present Perfect Simple → focus on result • “I have written 3 emails.” (The result is 3 emails.) Present Perfect Continuous → focus on activity / process • “I have been writing emails all morning.” (The activity, not the result.) ⸻ 6. Examples in daily life • I have been waiting for you for 30 minutes. • She has been watching TV since 6 p.m. • They have been playing football all afternoon. • We have been studying hard for the exam. ⸻ 7. Practice 👉 Fill in the blanks: 1. I _______ (wait) for the bus for 20 minutes. 2. She _______ (study) since morning. 3. They _______ (not/work) today. 4. _______ you _______ (practice) your guitar? 5. It _______ (rain) all day. 👉 Write 5 sentences about your own life using Present Perfect Continuous.

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Masy

United Kingdom

Summer without watermelon is like a poem without rhythm🌞🍉🍒

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