Present Perfect Simple. Present Perfect Continuous

1.

Present Perfect Simple
Present Perfect Continuous

2.

Present Perfect
Continuous

3.

10 a.m.
• He is waiting for a bus.
10.30 a.m.
He is still waiting.

4.

He has been waiting for 30
minutes

5.

Why are your clothes all muddy?
• I have been repairing my car.

6.

Why are the room full of feathers?
• We have been playing with pillows.

7.

Why are you breathing so hard?
• I have been running a marathon.

8.

Why is there smoke coming from the
kitchen?
• My dad has been cooking all the morning.

9.

Why are your eyes red?
• I have been reading all night.

10.

Make questions with HOW LONG
and answer them.
Learn /English
Write / essay
Watch / TV
Live / in the city
It / snow
He/ work
Kate / paint the wall
• How long have you been learning
English?
• How long have you been writing the
essay?
• How long have you been watching TV?
• How long have you been Living in the
city?
• How long has it been snowing?
• How long has he been working?
• How long has Kate been painting the
wall?

11.

Present Perfect Simple
Present Perfect Continuous

12.

10 a.m.
Now it’s 11 a.m.
5 letters

13.

• She has been writing
letters since 10 a.m.
• (how long)
• Now it’s 11 a.m.
She has written 5 letters.
(result)

14.

Grammar rule.
Present perfect simple
Present perfect continuous
• We are interested in the
result of an action.
• The action is still happening
or has just stopped and has
connection with now.
• We use how long, for, since.
• We HAVE+ WASHED dishes
She HAS + WASHED
• We use: JUST, ALREADY,YET,
NEVER
• He has been washing the
dishes for two hours.

15.

Make sentences using the
prompts.
• How long/ you/ travel?
• How long have you been
travelling?
• How many countries/ you/
visit?
• How many countries have
you visited?

16.

Make sentences using the
prompts.
• He/ fish/ all the morning.
• He/ catch/not/ any fish.
• He has been fishing all the
morning.
• He hasn’t caught any fish.

17.

Make sentences using the
prompts.
• She/go shopping/ since
morning.
• She/ buy/ a pair of jeans.
• She has been shopping
since morning.
• She has bought a pair of
jeans.

18.

Make sentences using the
prompts.
• They/ learn/ Spanish/ for
one month.
• They/ learn/ 100 words.
• They have been learning
Spanish for one month.
• They have learnt 100
words.

19.

Make your examples.
Speaking.
• How long have you been
doing something?
• What is the result?