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Present Perfect X Present Perfect Continuous
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OBS: Past Participle
Present Perfect:
Subject + have/has + Verb (in past participle)
Ex: I have eaten frog legs
The past participle is usually used as a complement with the verbs "be" and have in the Past, Present Perfect, Past Perfect and Future Perfect.
The past participle comes from a verb and indicates that something is done/completed
What is the Past Participle?
Present
Past
Past Participle
I walk
I walked
Present Perfect Continuous:
Subject + have/has +been+ Verb +ing
She loved the gift
She loves
Matheus and Davi have been reading the same book
Example:
Present Perfect X
I break
I broke the TV
Present Perfect Continuous
I was in Miami
I am
Examples:
"Look, the house is clean! The maid has cleaned it!"
"Look, the maid is here. She has been cleaning the house since 8:00!"
Exercises :
Have you been practicing
1. ____________________________________ (you/practice) sports? You look fit!
Melanie and Eric started to paint their bedroom,
but they didn’t finish
and they finished
Larry and Jenniffer started to paint their bedroom,
has broken
2. Look! Somebody _____________________________ (break) that window. There are pieces of glass all over the floor.
They have been painting the bedroom
They have painted the bedroom
Have you been working
3. You look tired. ________________________________________(you/work) hard?
A class by
The activity is over this instant! They have finished the action. This is the present perfect
Marcello Araújo
Credits:
Murphy, Raymond. "English Grammar in Use". Third edition. Cambridge.
The activity is not over yet! They haven’t finished the action. This the present perfect continuous
"My sister has drunk all my coca-cola! I hate her!"
have lost
4. “I _______________________ (lose) my book! I can't find it anywhere".
"My sister has been drinking all my coke! I'll kill her!"
I haven't been waiting
5. "Sorry I'm late". "That's all right. ___________________________________ (I/not/wait) long".
In the present perfect we are interested that the action is over. It is the end of the action (paint)
In the present perfect continuous we are interested in the activity. It is not important if something has been finished or not
6. “Is still raining?” “No, it ____________________________ (stop)”.
has stopped
They have been playing a volleyball match
have been reading
7. I ______________________________ (read) the book you lent me, so I can’t give to you now. Can I give it to you next week?
In this situation, the important thing - the activity (paint) - has not been finished
In this situation, the important thing is that the action has been finished. “have painted” is a completed action
They have played a volleyball match
We are interested in the continuation of the activity, even if it finishes or not
We are interested in the result of the activity
They had dreamed about that before they were teens
They have finished the task
Ex: The kids were raised properly
I have walked
She has loved the gift
I have broken the TV
I have been to Miami twice
Example:
Felipe has read that excellent book this week
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