Present prefect simple/continous

Present perfect simple vs Present perfect progessive.

Emiliano Villalobos Alejandro Pedroza
Emilio Arango
Santiago Calleja
Pablo Zermeño

Present perfect simple

The structure for these tense is:
auxiliar + have/has + verb in past participle + complemento

The present perfect conncets the past andthe present, is used to show that action or situation in the past.

Some examples...

An example with a regular verb is:
I have just bought a new car.

An example with an irregular verb is:
He has thrown the ball.

Time Words

Ue the present perfect with these words: ever, never, for, since, lately, recently, far.

Also we use present perfect to talk about an imprecise time in the past, but as soon as it becomes precise, we use simple past.

Open Ended

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Present perfect progressive

The structure for this tense is:
auxiliar + have/has been + verb in ing + complement

These tense talks about actions that have iniciated in the past but have not finished yet, the enfasis isin the process, not in the result.

Some examples...

An example with a regural verb is:
I have been feeling sick for a week.

An example with an irregular verb is:
She has been reading that book for a month.

Compare the meaning of these 2 sentences.

Perfect simple
Pablo lived in Mexico for 10 years



Pablo lived in the country for 10 years and then he moved.

Perfect Progressive​
Pablo has been living in Mexico for 10 years



Pablo has been living in the country for 10 years but he stills there.

Open Ended

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