Present perfect vs present perfect continuous

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3,4

Recap: Present Perfect

How do you form the present perfect?

1. have/has + ww + ed have/has + 3e rijtje
2. have/has + been + ww + ing
3. was/were + ww + ing
4. am/is/are + ww + ing

How do you form the present perfect continuous?

1. have/has + ww + ed have/has + 3e rijtje
2. have/has +been + ww + ing
3. was/were + ww + ing
4. am/is/are + ww + ing

I'm really tired. I .................. too hard these past few weeks.

1. have worked
2. worked
3. have been working
4. am working

The teacher is annoyed because we...............

1. have been paying attention
2. haven't been paying attention
3. didn't pay attention
4. are paying attention

How does it work?

Sentences that illustrate the difference between the present perfect and present perfect continuous (1):

I’ve been decorating the house this summer.
The focus is on the action taking place – decorating – 

and the action is unfinished.

I’ve painted the house blue. 
The focus is on the finished result. The activity is finished but we can see the result now.

Sentences that illustrate difference between the present perfect and present perfect continuous (2):

It has been raining for days.

You emphasise the fact that something has been happening a lot recently.

We haven't talked to him since last Friday.

This action has started in the past and is still ongoing at present.

DENK AAN Stative of state verbs 

- not action / active 

-DUS DIE GEBRUIK JE NIET IN DE DUURVORM

(CONTINUOUS FORM)

• Feelings / emotions: love, hate, like
• Senses: hear, see, feel, smell, sound (tricky!)
• Thinking: forget, remember, be, know, understand, imagine
• Belongings: own, have, belong, possess

My brother __________ (to play) video games for hours now.

1. has played
2. have played
3. has been playing
4. have been playing

Examples of verbs not used in present perfect continuous:

Incorrect = He has been belonging to the country club since 2005.

Correct = He has belonged to the country club since 2005.

Incorrect = I have been owning this house for years.

Correct = I have owned this house for years.

Incorrect = It’s been existing for a century.

Correct = It’s existed for a century.

I _______ Karen since 1994. (know)

1. know
2. have been knowing
3. have known
4. have knew

She _____________ (to go) to Australia.

1. has gone
2. have gone
3. has been going
4. have been going

I __________ (not - to cook) anything yet.

1. hasn't cooked
2. haven't cooked
3. hasn't been cooking
4. haven't been cooking

They _____________ (to talk) to their neighbor all day.

He ____________ (to prepare) for the party for weeks now.

I _________ (to love) chocolate since I was a child.

The bathroom is in an awful mess! What ... (the children/do)?

The police ... (look for) the missing woman for three days now.

Sebastian loved London. He ... (be) there many times.

She ... (write) four books and she is working on another one.

Mark ... (write) for hours; that's why his hand hurts.

We ... (finish) our exams. We're very happy!

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