Present Perfect Simple VS Present Perfect Continuous

1.

Present Perfect Simple
VS
Present Perfect Continuous

2.

Present Perfect Simple
НАСТОЯЩЕЕ СОВЕРШЕННОЕ ПРОСТОЕ ВРЕМЯ

3.

Present Perfect (Simple)
Have(has) + Participle II
action
They have been here for a month.
Have you just arrived at the station?
He hasn’t done the task.
connection
past
present
future
Used to denote a completed action connected
with the present through its result
action
past
present
future
• I’ve bought a good dictionary. Look at it.
• You can’t see her, she has gone home.
• He told me his name, but I’ve forgotten
it.
• “Is Sally here?” – “No, she’s gone out”
• I have known him for 2 years.
• Ow! I’ve cut my finger!
• I can’t find my key. I think I’ve lost it.
Used for recently completed actions
For\since ever, just, already, before, never, not … yet, lately, so far, always.

4.

Present Perfect (Simple)
7 a.m
action
12 p.m
18 p.m
moment of
speaking
morning
afternoon
Today
This morning
This week
This month
This year
evening
Used to denote a period of time
which is not over yet.
I’ve drunk four cups of coffee today.
Have you had a holiday this year?
I haven’t seen Tom this morning. Have you?
Rob hasn’t worked hard this term.
BUT if the period is over, The Past Simple is used.

5.

Present Perfect (Simple)
In special questions introduced by:
Where
How
Who
What
Why
What … for
both the Present Perfect and
the Past Simple are possible.
The choice of tense in such cases is
situational.
• Why have you done this to me? (I’m upset)
• Why did you do this? (at a certain past
moment)
In when –questions only Past Simple
is used
• When did you go there?
• When did it happen?

6.

Present Perfect (Simple)
It’s the (first) time something has happened
This is
Don is having a driving lesson. It’s his first one. It’s the first time he has driven a car.
This is the first time he has eaten sushi.
Bill is phoning his girlfriend again. That’s the third time he’s phoned her this evening.

7.

Present Perfect Continuous
НАСТОЯЩЕЕ СОВЕРШЕННОЕ ПРОДОЛЖЕННОЕ ВРЕМЯ

8.

Present Perfect Continuous
I’ve been living in Moscow for twenty years.
He has been working since nine o’clock.
Has he been working since nine o’clock?
He hasn’t been working since nine o’clock.
action began
in process
moment of
speaking
past
present
Have (has) + been + V-ing
future
Serves to express an action in progress which began before
the moment of speaking and continues into it.
In this case either the starting point of the action or the
period of time during which it has been in progress is
indicated.
It has been raining ever since
midnight, and it’s still drizzling.
I’ve been sitting at my computer for
quite a while ago.
I’ve been keeping diaries all my life.
action has
just stopped
action began
in process
past
present
future
Action was in progress quite recently and which
affects the present situation, explains the state of
things at the present moment.
There are puddles everywhere. It has been
raining hard.
Don’t tell mother what I’ve been saying.
Where have you been? I’ve been looking for
you everywhere.
How long, for\since