Present Perfect Simple and Present Perfect Continuous

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Present Perfect Simple and Present Perfect
Continuous
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Present Perfect Simple Uses

• Past actions which affect the present. Example
  Ive washed up so I can rest.
• Actions that started in the past and continue in
  the present.
• Example Ive lived in Gandia since three
  years ago.
• Actions occurred in the past without specifying
  when they happened.
• Example Ive visited five countries lately.

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• Recent past actions.
• Example Ive just finished my homework.
• Personal experiences.
• Example Ive never seen a ghost.

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Present Perfect SimpleTime clauses

• For
• Example Ive lived there for three years.
• Since
• ExampleIve lived there since 1993.
• Just
• Example Ive just finished my English test.

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• Already
• Example Theyve already discovered the
  hidden message.
• Lately/Recently
• Example Have you phone me lately?
• Has Pepe talked to you recently?

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• Never-
• Example Ive never been to Russia
• Yet-
• Example I havent broken my arm yet.
• Has the film started yet?

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• Ever
• Example Have you ever sent any hidden
  message?
• Several times
• Example Ive flown in a plane several times.

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Present Perfect SimpleStructure

• Affirmative form
• -have/ has past participle
• Negative form
• -have/ has not past participle
• Interrogative form
• -have/has pronoun past participle ?

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Present Perfect ContinuousUses

• Actions that began in the past and still
  continue.
• Example Ive been using this password for
  years..
• Recent actions whose effects are seen now
• Example Im tired. I have been cooking for
  two hours.

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Present Perfect Continuous Time
expressions

• For
• Since
• All day/week/month/year

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Present Perfect Continuous Structures

• Affirmative form
• -have/ has been verb -ing
• Negative form
• -have/ has not been verb -ing
• Interrogative form
• -have/ has pronoum been verb
• -ing

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LETS PLAY

• I ______ (try) to find you for hours. Where ___
  you ___ (be)
• I _____(wait) for the plumber all day but he
  ____(arrive) yet
• The spy ___ just ___(break) the code

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• Made in Carles house
• Andrés Pellicer
• Carles Peiró
• Pablo Olcina