Present Perfect: simple & continuous

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

The present perfect links the past to the present.

The present perfect links the past to the present.

simple:       I have eaten     -      She has eaten

continuous:     I have been eating     - She has been eating

simple: I have eaten - She has eaten

Present Perfect

How does it work?

How does it work?

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

I have done my homework.

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)

• We use the Present Perfect  to talk about actions and events that ended in the past. We do not say when exactly they happened.

• Questions in the Present Perfect Simple often begin with how many: How many books has he written?

USE:

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!

Visual Representation

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

10 years ago ->   

|-many years-------|

 2 hours ago ->|----waiting------|

I______ the house this summer.

1. have been decorating
2. have decorated

I_____ the house blue.

1. have been painting
2. have painted

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

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

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

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

She ______ emails for 3 hours now.

1. wrote
2. has written
3. is writing
4. has been writing

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.