Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous

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Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous

How does it work?

 Talks about how long something has been happening.

    She’s been writing emails for 3 hours.

    She’s written 10 messages.

Read Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous

1. Present Perfect- complete action and result, how many or how often the action has happened, state verbs

2. Present Perfect Continuous- ongoing action, doing action, duration of action, result or evidence of a recent action, all day/all morning/since/for, action verbs

Present Perfect/Present Perfect Continuous We _____ since 10 a.m. and don't want to stop!

A

have been playing basketball

B

have played

C

D

present perfect or present perfect continuous? Sorry I'm late. How long_____

A

have you waited

B

have you been waiting

C

D

Present perfect vs present perfect continuous How many bracelets ... ?

A

Have you been making

B

Have you made

C

D

Present Perfect/Present Perfect Continuous They ... (do) anything so far.

A

haven't been doing

B

haven't done

C

D

Gebruik present perfect / present perfect continuous I ... (learn) English for three years.

Gebruik present perfect / present perfect continuous ________ (see/ he) that new film yet?

Gebruik present perfect / present perfect continuous. We _________ (already / buy) him a present.

Gebruik present perfect / present perfect continuous She ... (play) video games for hours.

Gebruik present perfect / present perfect continuous How long ... (she + wait) for us?