Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous

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Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous

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I______ the house this summer. We still have a lot to do.

1. have been decorating
2. have decorated

I_____ the house blue.

1. have been painting
2. have painted

 Talk about events with a connection to the present.

-The focus is on the action – decorating – and the action is unfinished.

I’ve been decorating the house this summer. We still have a lot to do 

-The focus is on the finished result. The activity is finished but we can see the result now. 

I’ve painted the house blue. 

I _____ that book you lent me. I finished it and it is very good.

1. am reading
2. has read
3. have read
4. have been reading.

I _____ that book you lent me. I have still got another 50 pages to read.

1. read
2. have read
3. have been reading
4. have reading

when the focus is on an activity that is finished:

I have read that book you lent me. I finished it and it is very good.

When the focus is on an activity that is unfinished:

I’ve been reading that book you lent me. I have still got another 50 pages to read.

She ______ emails for 3 hours now.

1. wrote
2. has written
3. is writing
4. has been writing

She _____ 10 messages.

1. has been writing
2. has written

 Talks about how long something has been happening: 

    She’s been writing emails for 3 hours.

The activity has finished:

    She’s written 10 messages.

I usually work in London but I_____in Birmingham for the last 3 weeks.

1. have worked
2. have been working

Handeling is klaar (maar geen bepaling verleden tijd):

 I’ve worked here for thirty years.

Handeling is nog bezig:

 I usually work in London but I’ve been working in Birmingham for the last 3 weeks.

He ______ tennis for his school. Now at university he is a football player.

1. has played
2. has been playing

He _____tennis since he was eight and he still likes it.

1. has played
2. has been playing

Handeling loopt nog door:

He has been playing tennis since he was eight and he still likes it.

Handeling is afgelopen:

He has played tennis for his school. Now, at university, he is a footballplayer.

It ______ for the past two hours. We won't go out.

1. has rained
2. has been raining

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