present perfect simple and cont comparatie

8/11/2019 Present Perfect Simple and Cont Comparatie

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The Present Perfect Simple compared to the

Present Perfect Continuous

Study these examples:a) She has washed her blouse.(we are not interested in the action

of washing but in the finished result : the blouse is clean now.)She has been washingher blouse. (we are interested in the action,

she may or may not have finished, its not important)

b)We use the present perfect simple to say how much, howmany,

how often.e.g. e has sold five cars so far.

!hey have goneto "rance twice this year.We use the present perfect continuous to say how long.e.g. e has been selling cars for ten years.

c) !he #resent #erfect Simple is used for permanent situations.e.g. $ohn has lived in the same village all his life.

!he #resent #erfect %ontinuous is used for more temporarysituations.

e.g. &ary has been living with her parents while loo'ing for aflat of her own.

!here are certain verbs which are not normally used in anycontinuous tense:

verbs of perception : smell, taste, hear, see.

verbs expressing li'ing and disli'ing : hate, admire, love, enoy. verbs related to the process of thin'ing : believe, forget, imagine,

'now, realie, thin', want, wish etc. verbs describing appearance : appear, loo', li'e, seem. verbs referring to possession : belong, contain, have, own,

possess. verbs related to being : be, exist.


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*ther common verbs not normally used in the continuous form are:mean, interest, involve, surprise.

havecan be used in the continuous form when it does not have

the meaning of possession.e.g. $ulie has been havinga bath for the last ten minutes.

Exercises

I. ead the following putting the verb in the Present Perfect Simple

and Continuous!

+. Susie isnt in. She (go) to the cinema again although she (bego) twicealready this wee'.-. !om and uise (not spea') to each other since they /uarrelled.0. ow long you (study) 1nglish2 "or five years.3. e (lose) his wallet. e (loo') for it for two hours, but it (not turn) upyet.

4. We (not buy) any new furniture for ten years.5. She (teach) in the same school since graduation.6. She (not wear) that dress since she was a girl.7. !he students (write) their essays since 7 ocloc' and they are stillwriting.8. ow many years have you (wor') for the company2+9. !he 'ids (play) in the garden for two hours.

II. "oo# at the text below. Some lines are correct and some contain

grammar errors. Identify the mista#es and correct them. $a#e a for the correct lines !

%harles is seventeen. e is a drug dealer. e have been;;.+.dealing drugs since he had fourteen. e dropped out ;;;.-.of school when he was sixteen. e comes from a ;; ;. ;0.

single parent family. e has never 'new his father. ; ;;3.


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to sha'e to scream to feel to /uarrel

to try to shout to bring

is mother wor's hard to provide for both he and ;;;... 4.his brother, but %harles feels that it is not enough. ;. ;;5.e didnt give money to his mother recently ;;;. ;;;6.as he used to. e was so proud to be able to ;;;;;;7.contribute to the family and buy whatever he needs ; ;.8.for his girlfriend and himself. ;;;;.. +9.

III. Put the verbs in the box into the correct tense and then fill in the

gaps !

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Present Perfect Simple and Continuous % &ey

I.+. has gone, has been gone -. have not spo'en 0. have you been studying 3. has lost, has been loo'ing, hasnt turned up 4. havent bought 5. has been teaching 6. hasnt worn 7. have been writing

8. have you been wor'ing have wor'ed+9. have been playing

II.+. has been -. was 0. 3. has never 'nown

4. 5. 6.hasnt given 7. 8. +9.

III.+.have been screaming

-. have been shouting 0. sha'es 3. has tried 4. have felt 5. havent brought 6. have been /uarreling

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