Present Prefect Continuous Wiki
- We can use present perfect simple and present perfect continuous for actions with present results. We use the present perfect simple if the present results come from completing the action. Look how nice my car looks. I ‘ve washed it. (=The car looks nice because I have finished washing it.) Something is different in this house.
- The present perfect continuous (also called present perfect progressive) is a verb tense which is used to show that an action started in the past and has continued up to the present moment. The present perfect continuous usually emphasizes duration, or the amount of time that an action has been taking place.
PDF exercises on the present perfect simple and present perfect continuous to download for free.Present perfect simple:+Rewrite sentences: I went to shops yesterday. I have already gone to shops.+Complete sentences: I it. (do, already) - I have already done it.+Complete: A: How long unemployed? (you be) - B: any job since May.
We use the Present Perfect Continuous Tense to describe an action that began in the past progress and may also continue in the future. See perfect progressive examples, formating and exercises online.
(I not have)+What has Matt done? (give presents to everyone) - He has given presents to everyone.+Make short dialogues: A: Kim yet?
(see) - B: Not yet. But I am going to see her.+Make questions: Mum: ? (do - your homework) - Ben: Mum?
It's Saturday tomorrow.Present perfect continuous:+What has Tim been doing since he got up?(Tim - decorate his bedroom) - Tim has been decorating his bedroom.+Why are you so tired? - Because I the wheels on my car. (replace)+Choose correct options:Somebody has been drinking my coke. The glass is nearly empty.
The glass is empty.+Make questions:How long for me? (you wait)+Complete the conversations:A How long you Japanese? (learn) - B Japanese?
Present Perfect Tense Definition
For about five years.Present perfect simple vs present perfect continuous:+Tick the correct sentences. If a sentence is not correct, rewrite it:The girl has been buying four dictionaries.
has boughtI haven't eaten anything since I arrived. ✓+Choose correct options:I have been staying at this hotel. (for a long time a long time ago from May+Correct mistakes:We've run so long and I'm not tired yet.
have been runningTake this picture. I've been painting it for you.
have painted+Use the underlined words to make questions:My wife is learning Japanese. University of oklahoma summer camps for high school students. she Japanese before?+Use the words in brackets to complete these sentences:(make) She puddings all day.
Present Perfect Continuous Exercises
She's pretty tired. How many puddings she ?+Complete the conversation:Tom: Where so long, Dad? (be) - Dad: I late today.
(work) What's the matter?+Choose the correct options:Paul has gone Paul has been going out with Charlene for a couple of months.to Paris for a few days.Present perfect vs past simple:+Choose the correct tense:A: Greg lately? (Have you seen - Did you see)B: No, I. (didn't - haven't) I to him at the airport two weeks ago.
(have talked - talked)+Choose the correct response:1. Your house is finished.A How long you worked on it?B How long did you work on it?C How long have you worked on it?+Correct mistakes:He has waited for an hour and then he went away.
Correct: Here is your car. I just washed it. Correct: +Complete the sentences with the words in brackets:This winter long. When is it going to end? (be)Where when I called you? (you - be)+Use the underlined words to make statements or questions:She sometimes wears a wig.When she last it?For students of English as a second language.