PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE vs P.P. CONTINUOUS

Present Perfect Continuous (vs present perfect simple)

Warming up questions :

Is your lifestyle healthy enough?

Have you been looking after yourself RECENTLY?

-Have you spent enough time outdoors? -Have you had any junk food? -Have you been eating an apple a day? -Have you been doing any exercise in the last month? -Have you been laughing a lot recently? -Have you been thinking about getting married? - Have you been thinking about buying a cute puppy in order to meet new people?

Present Perfect Continuous

Used when an action that started in the past is still happening now.

The dog has been barking all day.

• FORM: HAVE/HAS + BEEN+ verb in ing

She has been working since 9am .

• The interest is on the ACTION and HOW LONG it has been going on.

She has been painting the ceiling for 3 hours.

(The activity has not finished yet.)

Duration is important so FOR & SINCE are common. She has been painting since early this morning.

P.P SIMPLE: a completed action. We are interestrd in the result of the activity (the painted ceiling)

P.P continuous: The activity keeps going on until you speak or even after that, and what matters is the activity itself (painting the ceiling)

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS AFFIRMATIVE

SUBJECT + HAVE/HAS + BEEN + ING

I have been playing You have been playing It/She/He has been playing We have been playing You have been playing They have been playing

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS NEGATIVE

SUBJECT + AUXILIARY VERB + NOT +BEEN + ING

I haven't been playing You haven't been playing It/She/He hasn't been playing We haven't been playing You haven't been playing They haven't been playing

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS QUESTIONS

AUX.VERB + SUBJECT + BEEN + ING

Have I been playing Have you been playing Has it/she/he been playing Have we been playing Have you been playing Have they been playing

VS

Present Perfect Continuous

Present Perfect Simple