Scrambled Sentences: Present Perfect Continuous

(TESOL Worksheets--Present Perfect Continuous, Any Grammar Point)
Sample 1 Google: docs, pub

Sample 2: drive, docs, pub

The specific example linked to above is for the present perfect continuous, but the general activity can be used for any grammar point.
Students are given a sentence in the target language in which all the words are out of order.  The students have to write the sentence in the correct order.  (For example, present perfect continuous: “We / painting / have / been / house / the”, which the students must unscramble as “We have been painting the house.” )

Unscramble the sentences below:

1. We / painting / have / been / house / the


2. in / been / has / the / pool / She / swimming


3. have / drinking / been / They / afternoon / coffee / all


4. morning / been / sleeping / all / have / We


5. exercising / been / gym / has / He / in / the


6. in / been / have / park / the / walking / They


7. been / have / grandma / letter / my / I / writing / to / a


8. You / time / reading / that / for / long / book / a / been / have

Answer Key

1. We have been painting the house
2. She has been swimming in the pool
3. They have been drinking coffee all afternoon
4. We have been sleeping all morning
5. He has been exercising in the gym
6. They have been walking in the park
7. I have been writing a letter to my grandma
8. You have been reading that book for a long time

This activity can also be used as a more tactile activity:

Scrambled Sentences (Materials: word cards, grid) (Preparation:  Warning, this one is prep heavy.  You have to create the sentences, then cut them up and scramble them for each pair of students--15 minutes to create worksheet, and possibly another 20 for cutting)

Students are put into pairs and given a grid, and a set of word cards that have been cut up and scrambled.  They must arrange the words into sentences.  They glue the word cards onto the grid to make sentences using the target grammar, and are given one point for each correct sentence.

I	have played	soccer	for 8 years
I	played	basketball	yesterday
He	has lived	in Paris	since he was 8
He	lived	in London	when he was 8
We	have studied	English	since 2008
We	studied	science	in 2008
I	watched	TV	last night
I	have  watched	that movie	before
They	have eaten	pizza	before
They	ate	pizza	last night
She	has drunk	coffee	for 10 years
She	drank	coffee	this morning