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PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS - Coggle Diagram
PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS
Present perfect simple
We form the present perfect simple with have/has + past participle, for example:
changed, listened, made, put, understood.
We use it to talk about
Completed actions that have a measurable result in the present.
Life experiences when a person is still living
A past action when the specific time is not stated and we want to emphasize the action.
Actions with time expressions such as today, this morning, this week, this year when the period of time is not fished at the moment of speaking
We often use the
adverbs
, just with the present perfect simple to show the connection of the action
in negative sentences to say that some
in questions to ask something which we are expecting has happened
to emphasize that an action has happened, before the time speaking
to emphasize that something happened recently
Present perfect continuous
We form the present perfect continous with have/has + been + -ing
NEGATIVE
I/ You/ We/ They haven’t been working
He/ She/ It hasn’t been working
AFFIRMATIVE
He/ She/ It Has been working
I/ You/ We/ They have been working
QUESTION
Has He/ She/ It been working?
Have I/ You/ We/ They been working?
SHORT ANSWER
No, I/ You/ We/ They haven’t
Yes, He/ She/ It has
No, He/ She/ It hasn’t
Yes, I/ You/ We/ They have
We can use it to talk about
A recent activity when we want to empasize the process or the duration of the activity. The resurlt is less important or not mentioned at all
An activity that started in the past and may or may not be in progress at the moment of were speaking
We dont use stative verbs
(belive, belong, know, seem, etc)
We can use
(have, mean, think)
We dont actually use adverbs
already
and
yet
We use adverbs
( since, this week, recently, just, for the last few days, etc)