PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
Present Perfect Continuous
• To emphasize that the action
is incomplete.
2.
•
•
She has been writing a letter
for two hours.
She has written a letter.
To emphasize activity rather
than completed action when
talking about present result.
I`ve been painting the
ceiling. (I`m tired.)
I`ve painted the ceiling.
(It`s finished.)
3. To suggest a temporary
situation when talking about
unfinished past.
•
•
I`ve been living year for ten
years.
I `ve lived here for ten years.
1. Suggests Columbus is still alive. Past Simple:
Columbus discovered America.
2. Needs a time reference: Man first walked on the
moon in 1969.
3. Sounds as if the speaker is dead. Present Perfect:
I`ve travelled/been travelling all my life. I`ve been
everywhere.
4. Seems as if this is a completed action but learning
a language is not a process we complete. Present
Perfect Continuous:I`ve been learning English.
5. Suggests that this has been happening frequently,
as if I`ve been losing my passport and finding it
again many times recently. Present Perfect Simple:
I`ve lost my passport.
1. What do you do in New York? permanently
What are you doing in New York. temporarily
2. I know you don`t like my boyfriend. know/like are
3.
4.
state verbs that cannot be used in continuous
form.
I had a cup of tea at 8.00. a completed past action
I was having a cup of tea at 8.00. an action in
progress at that moment in time
Someone`s eaten my sandwich. a complete
action, the sandwich is gone.
Someone`s been eating my sandwich. an
incomplete action, the speaker is looking at a
sandwich with a couple of big bites taken out of it.
ANSWERS
• He`s been stung all over his body.
• He`s visited royal palaces.
• He`s been staying in cheap hostels.
• I`ve been pickpocketed and mugged.
• I`ve met a lot of really great people.
• He`s been to Vietnam and Japan.
1. I`ve read that book. It`s good.
the reading of the book is finished
I`ve been reading a great book. I`ll lend it to you
when I`ve finished. the reading of the book is not
finished.
I`ve been reading a lot about Orwell recently. I`ve
just finished his biography. emphasizes repeated
activities over a period of time.
2. She`s been writing since she was 16. the continuous
3.
emphasizes repeated activities over a period of time.
She`s written three novels. Emphasizes the completed
actions.
He`s played tennis since he was a kid.
He`s been playing tennis since he was a kid.
no difference really.
QUESTIONS
PAST SIMPLE
• When and where was
he born?
• How long did it take to
travel to China?
• How long did he stay in
China?
• What did he take back
to Venice?
• What was his book
called?
PRESENT PERFECT
6. How long has he been
away from home?
7. Which places has he been
to?
8. Where`s he been
staying?
9. How many times has he
had diarrhoea?
10.
Has he been
pickpocketed?
PRESENT PERFECT
have/has + IIIpv/ed
have/has +IIIpv/ed
2. `s been snowing
3. have...travelled
4. have lived; have been trying; haven`t
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
managed
have been arguing
`ve eaten
have been running
has been crying; has failed
`ve been sunbathing
TENSES
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
`s (been) taking
arrived
didn`t enjoy
`re...staying
`re going
`s chosen
`s called
will be
6. `ve done
7. will make
8. won`t be
9. `m looking
10. sounds
11. `ve been training
12. `ve prepared
13. get
14. `ll become
1. In Fukushima, Japan.
2. Which school did she go to?
3. How long has she been climbing? Since she was 10
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
years old.
What did she study at university? English and
American literature.
How long has she been married? For 38 years.
What did she do when she was 30?
She started the first women`s climbing club in Japan.
When did she climb Mount Everest? When she was
36.
Who gave/awarded her a medal? The King of Nepal.
How many mountains has she climbed? 113
Has she had an exciting life? Yes she has.
HAVE/HAS + BEEN+ IIIpv/-ed
1. The mail has already been delivered.
2. Have the street lights been repaired yet?
3. Some new anti-smoking laws have just
been passed.
4. No new homes have been built for
twenty years.
5. The plants haven`t been watered.
HAVE/HAS + BEEN+ IIIpv/-ed
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
A yachtsman has been rescued dramatically in the
Pacific Ocean.
Valuable jewels have been stolen from Sotheby`s.
A missing boy has been found alive.
Euro MP`s have been given a huge pay rise.
Two hundred and sixty people have been killed in the
monsoon in India.
An ancient tomb has been discovered in Egypt.
Two thousand people have been made redundant in a
shock announcement by Ferrari.
(HAVE) something DONE(IIIpv/ed)
midagi teha laskma kellelgi
1.
2. have her ears pierced
3. have my eyes tested
4. have had their car serviced
5. had our television repaired yet
2.
Recently...
He`s had the invitations printed.
They`ve had the cake decorated
Yesterday...
They had the champagne delivered.
He had his hair cut.
Today..
She`s having her hair done.
They`re having the flowers delivered.
Next week...
They`ll have had the photos developed.
She`ll have had her wedding dress dry-cleaned.
PHARASAL VERBS
1. made the big time 2. have done without you
3. made off with it – you steal it and take it away
4.
5.
6.
7.
with you
make up for
could do with
make of her
make ... in time