Presentation Present Perfect vs Present Perfect Continuous

Present perfect Vs present perfect continuous

Мингазова Сабира

6А класс

Present perfect form: have/has + past participle

AFFIRMATIVE

NEGATIVE

I/We/You/They have worked in the hospital.

I/We/You/They haven’t worked to London.

He/She/It has worked in the shop.

He/She/It hasn’t worked to London.

INTERROGATIVE

SHORT ANSWERS

Have I/We/You//They worked in the hospital?

Yes , I/we/you/they have .

Has he/she/it worked in the hospital?

No , I/we/you/they haven’t .

Yes , he/she/it has .

No , he/she/it hasn’t .

When we use present perfect

We use the present perfect when we talk about

• an Action that started in the past and continue to this day.

She has worked as a policemen for three years .

• An action that occurred (произошедшем) in the past, but has a visible (видимый) result in the present.

We have lost our keys.

• Actions that occurred at an unspecified (неустановленное) time in the past. In this case the action is more important than time.

They have cooked an apple pie.

When we use present perfect

• Recently completed actions.

Veronica has just sung her new song .

• Personal experience, changes that have occurred .

he has been to Paris.

Time expressions

Just -только что

Ever -когда-то

Already -уже

Yet -еще

Never -никогда

Recently -недавно

Lately -за последнее время

So far- пока что, до тех пор

For -в течении

This week/month/year- на этой неделе/в этом месяце/году

Since -после, начиная с

Many times- много раз

exercises

• Linda____(study) hard this year.
• We___(live, never) in Moscow.
• They___(buy) a new car.
• I___(not play) football since I finished the school.
• He___(not, win) the tennis match yet.
• My friend___(not, take) the exam.
• ___ my mum ___ (cook) the dinner today?
• ___ you ever ___ (eat) Russian food?
• ___ Tim___ (read) the book ’’Harry Potter’’?
• What’s the most delicious dish ___ you ever ___ (try)?
• When ___ they ___ (be) to London?
• How many times ___ Lucy ___ (drink) the coffee today?

Present perfect continuous form: have/has been + verb -ing

AFFIRMATIVE

NEGATIVE

I/We/You/They have been dancing .

I/We/You/They haven’t been dancing .

He/She/It has been dancing .

He/She/It hasn’t been dancing .

INTERROGATIVE

SHORT ANSWERS

Have I/We/You/They been dancing ?

Yes , I/we/you/they have .

Has he/she/it been dancing ?

No , I/we/you/they haven’t .

Yes , he/she/it has .

No , he/she/it hasn’t .

When we use present perfect continuous

We use present perfect continuous:

• To put emphasis (акцент) on the duration of an action that started in the past and continues up to the present.

She has been drawing this picture for two weeks.

• For an action that started in the past and lasted for some time. It may be continuing or has finished but its results are visible in the present.

We have been training since morning. We’ve very tired.

exercises

• She___(wait) for me for two hours.
• We ___ (live) in Ufa since 2017.
• They ___ (work) on construction since morning. They’ve very exhausted.
• He ___ (not, save) the money for his education.
• Betty___(not, dance) for many years.
• __ Tim ___ (learn) English in the school all day?
• __you___ recently___(sing) new song of Ariana Grande?
• How long __ Nika __ (train) today?
• Why ___ we ___ (study) Italian all this months?

Present perfect or present perfect continuous

• Alisa ____ (learn) Spanish for five years.
• The plane has just ___ (fly) to our city.
• He ___ (work) at this school for thirty years.
• I ___ (not, be) to London.
• She___ (not, write) this test yet.
• I ___ (not, read) this story for many years.
• How long ___ (marry)?
• __ Bill ___ (travel) to the USA?
• How long ___ you ___ (wait) for me?
• __ they ever __ (live) in the tent
• How many people __ Lika ___ (invite) to her birthday party?
• ___ we ___ (sit) there for a long time?