PRESENT PERFECT AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS

PRESENT PERFECT AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING?

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE

AUXILIARY VERB HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE MAIN VERB

I HAVE EATEN/ SHE HAS PLAYED/ WE HAVE STUDIED

PAST PARTICIPLE

IRREGULAR VERBS/ VERB+ED/ CHANGE IN SPELLING

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

HAVE/HAS + BEEN+ VERB ING

I have been cleaning the house

She has been studying

Multiple Choice

Which sentence (a or b) taks about...

the result of an activity?

• Penny Palmano has written a best-selling book on teenagers.

• She's been writing books for more than 20 years.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence (a or b) taks about...

the length of an activity?

• She has written a best-selling book on teenagers.

• Penny Palmano has been writing books for more than 20 years.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence (a or b) talks about...

how many times something has been repeated?

• a) I've been learning how to do things like carpentry.

• b) I've phoned her more than six times, but she never answers the phone.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence (a or b) talks about....

changes or developments which are not finished?

• a) I've been learning how to do things like carpentry and so on.

• b) I've phoned her more than six times, but she never answers the phone.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence (a or b) talks about something which is...

permanent?

• I've been helping my mum while her assistant is on holiday.

• We've lived in this house since I was a small child.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence (a or b) talks about something which is...

temporary?

• I've been helping my mum while her assistant is on holiday.

• We've lived in this house since I was a small child.

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I ...............(visit) friends, so I haven't spoken to my parents yet today.

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I ........ (ask) him to tidy his room several times.

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I ..... (clean) the kitchen, so what would you like me to do next?

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My neighbour .....(play) the violin for the last three hurs and it's driving me mad!

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Congratulations!

You.... (pass) the exam with really high marks!

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We can't leave Adrianna to run the shop. She .... (only work) here for a few days.

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We .......( spend) every summer in Crete since I was a child, so it'll be sad if we don't go there this year.

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I'm really tired because I .......(cook) all day!