PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS LEVEL 10

PRESENT PERFECTCONTINUOUS

LEVEL 10 UNIT 2

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

Use the present perfect continuous to express a continuous action that began in the past, and continues in the present. Depending on the context, the action may continue in the future.

STRUCTURE

HAVE/HAS + BEEN + VERB IN -INGI have been practicing ballet for years.

He has been listening to rock music since he was a teen.

Jake has been playing in a band for 10 years.

action continues

a teen

FUTURE

PRESENT

PAST

QUESTIONS

Have you been playing the piano for a long time?

Have you been listening to Bruno Mars all morning? Yes, I have./ No, I haven't.

latelyrecently all-day all morning

these daysthis year How lon...?

for (two months)for a whilesince (2010

YET

We use yet in negative statements to talk about something that hasn't been completed. And in questios.

Kim hasn't seen Harry Styles in concert yet. Have you listened to watermelon sugar yet? Yes, I have. / No, I haven't.

PRESENT PERFECT AND SIMPLE PAST

SIMPLE PAST

He listened to the new Taylor Swift almbum last night.

last night

NOW

FUTURE

PAST

PRESENT PERFECT

He's listened to the new Taylo Swift album many times since he downloaded it.

many times

PRESENT

PAST

FUTURE

SIMPLE PAST

PRESENT PERFECT

Indefinite timeI've been to Rome.

Definite time (when)I visited Rome in 1986.

unfinished action

finished action

ExperienceI've watched that movie many times.

Series of actions.I watched a movie and then read a book.

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