PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE AND PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

PRESENT PERFECT

HAVEHAS

-ed (played) 3rd row irr verb (broken)

HAVEHAS

-ing

participle

BEEN

(playing)

FORM

NEG >HAVEN'T / HASN'T + been + -ing INT > HAVE / HAS + subj + been + -ing

NEG > HAVEN'T / HASN'T + participle INT > HAVE / HAS + subj + participle

- EXPERIENCE IN LIFETIME - VERY RECENT ACTIONS - ACTIONS STARTED IN THE PAST IN RELATION WITH PRESENT

• EMPHATIC USE OF DURATION

• REPEATED ACTIONS AT AN UNSPECIFIED TIME

• THE PROCESS IS IMPORTANT, NOT THE RESULT

USE

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SEE EXAMPLES clicking here

- EXPERIENCE IN LIFETIME"Have you EVER eaten sushi?" "I have NEVER (in my life) eaten it" "I have ALWAYS been your friend"

EXAMPLES OF PRESENT PERFECT

- (VERY) RECENT ACTIONS"I have JUST arrived" "Have you finished YET ? yes, I have ALREADY finished. No, I haven't finished YET No, I STILL haven't finished"

- ACTIONS STARTED IN THE PAST IN RELATION WITH THE PRESENT MOMENT"I have lived in Santa Amalia FOR 5 years" "I have lived in Santa Amalia SINCE 2016"

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POSITION OF THE ADVERBS IN THE PRESENT PERFECT

EXAMPLES OF PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

EMPHATIC USE OF DURATION"I have been studying all the night" "Has your brother been sleeping all day? (a lot of time)

REPEATED ACTIONS AT AN UNCERTAIN TIME"He has been travelling lately" "You have been doing strange things" (when?)

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THE PROCESS IS IMPORTANT, NOT THE RESULT"I have been repairing my car" (but we don't know if he has repaired it or not) "He hasn't been practising much lately" (but we don't know the result of not practising)