Free Sample Workbook · English for Spanish Speakers

Free English for Spanish Speakers level 5 worksheets for grades 9–10, with the lesson and the answer key

One full topic, How long have you been...? The present perfect continuous, as a printable PDF. No payment.

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The topic inside: How long have you been...? The present perfect continuous

Use have and has been + -ing for actions that started in the past and continue now, ask How long have you been...?, choose for or since, and tell the result from the activity

Social and Instructional Language (WIDA ELD-SI.9-12)Ages 14–16

Key words

  • been (bin): participio de be: have been = he estado
  • for (for): durante, desde hace (con una duración: for two hours)
  • since (sins): desde (con un punto de inicio: since Monday)
  • How long...? (jau long): ¿Cuánto tiempo...?
  • practice (PRAK-tis): practicar, la práctica
  • train (trein): entrenar

What you need at home: Un reloj o el teléfono para ver la hora; Papel para dibujar una línea del tiempo; Tarjetas con fechas y duraciones (2019, two weeks, Monday, an hour).

What is in the PDF

  1. Quick Check: 10 questionsBefore you teach. It shows what the student already knows.
  2. Learn ItThe lesson you teach from: key words, step-by-step teaching with lines to read aloud, worked examples and common mistakes to watch for.
  3. We Do It Together: 10 questionsWorked side by side. The answer and the reason it is the answer are printed right after each question.
  4. You Try: 10 questionsThe student works alone.
  5. Answer KeyEvery question, its answer and a short explanation.

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12 topics, 1440 questions and 325 printed pages, with the answer key included. $19.99 as a PDF you print at home, as many copies as you need for your own household.

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One PDF of 18 pages (0.51 MB): the How long have you been...? The present perfect continuous topic in full, 30 questions across three sets, the lesson to teach from, and the answer key.

Do I have to pay or enter a card?

No. The PDF is free to download and free to print for students in your own household.

How does this fit the rest of the course?

How long have you been...? The present perfect continuous is the first of 12 topics in English for Spanish Speakers level 5 for grades 9 to 10. The full workbook has 1440 questions over 325 printed pages, with the answer key.

Is level 5 right for me or my student?

Level 5 is for grades 9 to 10 (ages 14 to 16), after level 4. Not sure? The free language check adapts to the student and shows where to start.

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Each topic names the standard it addresses. That alignment is UpOnly Learning's own reading of the published standards; the people who own those standards do not review or endorse what we publish, and standards change.