Present Perfect Continuous (and simple verschil)

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• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 3

Present Perfect Continuous

present perfect continuous: gebruik en vorm 

Gebruik:

1.  Something happened in the past and is still relevant for now + you want to emphasis the duration of it (the activity).
   

'We have been playing tennis for over three hours and I'm still not tired.'

  2. Emphasize that something was going on and has just ended.

'I have been running. I’m exhausted.'

Vorm:

Have + been + ww + ing 

Present Perfect Continuous

Examples: 

I have been studying for geography for four hours. 

He has been trying to reach him for weeks now. 

Which sentence is in the present perfect continuous?

1. We have been playing
2. We had been playing
3. We were playing
4. We are playing

Which sentence is present perfect continuous?

1. We've been practising all afternoon.
2. We've practised all afternoon.
3. We were practising all afternoon.
4. We practised all afternoon.

Present Perfect Continuous

I_________(search) for tickets for ages!

Present Perfect Continuous
Zij is al uren erg hard aan het leren.

Present Perfect Continuous
They_______(drive) for 3 hours now.

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE 

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

It has been raining all morning.

It has rained, so there's a puddle

present perfect continuous

present perfect (simple)

Present perfect simple

- emphasizes the fact that an action is finished

- emphasizes the present result of the action

- is used with state verbs, e.g. want, know, believe, be.

Present perfect continuous

- emphasizes the fact that an action is unfinished

- emphasizes the action itself

- emphasizes the duration of an action

She's been paying attention all lesson!

1. Present continuous
2. Past perfect
3. Present perfect continuous
4. Present perfect

We have worked really hard today

1. Present perfect
2. Present perfect continous
3. Past perfect
4. Present continuous

I've been looking forward to the holidays all year

1. Present continuous
2. Present Perfect Continuous
3. Present Perfect
4. past continuous

He ______ football in the courtyard
all afternoon. I thought he would only play for an hour.

1. has played
2. has been playing

She _____tennis
since she was a little girl. Too bad she lost interest.

1. has played
2. has been playing

The weather forecasts had predicted otherwise, but it ______ for
the past two hours. Will it ever stop?

1. has rained
2. has been raining

She ______ on her drawing
for 3 hours now. I wonder when she will be finished.

1. worked
2. have worked
3. has worked
4. has been working

I _____ that book you lent me.
I finished it yesterday.

1. am reading
2. have been reading
3. have read
4. will read

I _____ that book you lent me all day. I have still got another 50 pages to read.

1. read
2. have read
3. have been reading
4. have reading

What person or people _________ (you/spend) most time with recently?

What person or people have you spent / have you been spending most time with recently?

Present perfect simple: signaalwoord 'recently'

Present perfect continuous -> in het verleden begonnen en nog steeds bezig met de nadruk op de tijdsduur