Present Perfect Continuous complaining competition

Fill the gaps below with the right tense:

Abigail: Hi Bea. How _____________________ (your week be) so far?
Beatrice: Awful. How about you, Abby?
A: I can’t believe your week ______________ (be) as bad as mine. I __________________ (only go out) with my boyfriend for two months and he ________________ (already stop) phoning me.
B: That’s nothing. Yesterday I ______________ (find out) that my boyfriend __________________ (sleep with) other women.
A: Mine too. He _______________________ (sleep with) 4 women in the last month!
B: Only four? Mine __________________ (sleep with) at least 6! And he _____________ (smoke) drugs in my house.
A: Oh yer, my boyfriend used to smoke drugs too, but recently he __________________ (inject) himself!
B: Well, my boyfriend has…

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Check your answers below (other tenses might be possible, so check with your teacher if you have used a different tense)

Abigail: Hi Bea. How has your week been so far?
Beatrice: Awful. How about you, Abby?
A: I can’t believe your week has been as bad as mine. I’ve only being going out with my boyfriend for two months and he has already stopped phoning me.
B: That’s nothing. I found out that my boyfriend has been sleeping with other women.
A: Mine too. He’s slept with 4 women in the last month!
B: Only four? Mine has slept with at least 6! And he’s been smoking drugs in my house.
A: Oh yer, my boyfriend used to smoke drugs too, but recently he has been injecting himself!
B: Well, my boyfriend has…

Read out the dialogue in pairs and continue the conversation until one person gives up on thinking of more things to complain about.

Change partner and have a similar conversation about boyfriends/ girlfriends, but without looking at the dialogue. You can use the ideas in the dialogue and/ or other ideas.

Have similar conversations about your:
boss, colleague, housemate, friend, son, daughter, father, mother, grandparent, neighbour, teacher, classmate, your local mayor, your country’s prime minster or president (imagine you come from different countries), a teammate, or your local MP

 
Ideas of things to complain about:

Stealing, being messy, smoking, getting drunk, being rude, being lazy, having smelly feet/ armpits/ shoes, burping, farting, picking his or her nose, spending loads of time in the bathroom, not paying for things (= being mean), lying, never smiling, criticizing people, not doing household chores, getting fat, watching terrible TV, listening to terrible music, playing music very loud, being a couch potato (= sitting on the sofa and watching TV all the time), being racist, being sexist, wearing very short skirts, wearing (too much) make up, having piercings in strange places