Present Perfect: simple & continuous

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Slide 2 - Video

Why was the man lying on the ground, do you think?

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the Present Perfect: Continuous & Simple.

  1. I know the function of perfect tenses
  2. I know in what cases to use them*
  3. I can form them* correctly
*the two aforementioned present perfects

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The present perfect links the past to the present.

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The present perfect links the past to the present.

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simple:       I have eaten     -      She has eaten

continuous:     I have been eating     - She has been eating
simple: I have eaten - She has eaten

continuous: I have been eating - She has been eating
Present Perfect

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How does it work?

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Present Perfect

have/has + past participle

Started in the past, still going on now. Emphasis on result

I have done my homework.
Present Perfect Continuous

have/has + verb + ing

Started in the past, still going on now. Emphasis on how long it is taking.
I have been doing my homework for 2 hours now!
Perfect
  • "undone" - something is unfinished 
  • uses a form of be + verb-ing 
  • connects to the past
  • "done doing" - something is complete
  • uses a form of have
Continuous 

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Present Perfect

have/has + past participle

Started in the past, still going on now. Emphasis on result

I have done my homework.
Present Perfect Continuous

have/has + verb + ing

Started in the past, still going on now. Emphasis on how long it is taking.
I have been doing my homework for 2 hours now!
Present Perfect Simple
FORM: have/has + past participle
USE: Actions started in the past and the result can be seen now.

I have done my homework. (Result = NOW my homework is finished.)

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Present Perfect

have/has + past participle

Started in the past, still going on now. Emphasis on result

I have done my homework.
Present Perfect Continuous

have/has + verb + ing

Started in the past, still going on now. Emphasis on how long it is taking.
I have been doing my homework for 2 hours now!
USE: Actions started in the past and the result can be seen now.

I have done my homework. (Result = NOW my homework is finished.)

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Present Perfect

have/has + past participle

Started in the past, still going on now. Emphasis on result

I have done my homework.
Present Perfect Continuous

have/has + verb + ing

Started in the past, still going on now. Emphasis on how long it is taking.
I have been doing my homework for 2 hours now!
Present Perfect Continuous
FORM: have/has + been + -ing verb 
USE: Actions started in the past and still happening now. 
Emphasis: how long it is taking.
I have been doing my homework for 2 hours now!

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Present Perfect

have/has + past participle

Started in the past, still going on now. Emphasis on result

I have done my homework.
Present Perfect Continuous

have/has + verb + ing

Started in the past, still going on now. Emphasis on how long it is taking.
I have been doing my homework for 2 hours now!
USE: Actions started in the past and still happening now. 
Emphasis: how long it is taking.
I have been doing my homework for 2 hours now!

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Note 1
  1. Sometimes there is no difference in meaning between the Present Perfect Simple and the Present Perfect Continuous.

How long have you lived here?      
How long have you been living here?
 

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Note 2
Some verbs have the idea of a long time - 
wait, work, travel, learn, play. 
These verbs can often be found in the Present Perfect Continuous: 
I've been waiting all day. 

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Note 3
Some verbs don't have the idea of a long time: find, start, buy, die, lose, break, stop. It is unusual to find these verbs in the Present Perfect Continuous: 
My cat has died. 
My iPad's broken. 
I' ve bought a puppy. 

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Note 4 
If the sentence gives a number in a quantity, the Present Perfect Simple is used. The Continuous is not possible.

I've been writing emails all morning. I've written twenty.
NOT I've been writing twenty

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I______ the house this summer.
A
have been decorating
B
have decorated

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I_____ the house blue.
A
have been painting
B
have painted

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I _____ that book you lent me. I finished it yesterday.
A
am reading
B
has read
C
have read
D
will read

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I _____ that book you lent me. I have still got another 50 pages to read.
A
read
B
have read
C
have been reading
D
have reading

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She ______ emails for 3 hours now.


A
wrote
B
has written
C
is writing
D
has been writing

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Celebrity Guess
You are going to spend 5 minutes researching a celebrity. 
Write ten statements describing that person using the present perfect continuous. For example, ‘She has been starring in films since she was four years old’. 
Then we will take turns reading your lists to the class until the class is able to guess the celebrity being described.

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