We normally use the present perfect continuous to emphasise that something is still continuing in the present: The present perfect continuous is formed with have/has been and the -ing form of the verb. Level: intermediate Present perfect continuous MultipleChoice_MTYzMTU= Present perfect and past simple 2 When we were children we have been to California.īut we can use the present perfect with adverbials which refer to a time which is not yet finished: We do not use the present perfect with adverbials which refer to a finished past time: MultipleChoice_MTYzMTM= Present perfect with time adverbials 2 I 've been watching that programme every week since it started. Scientists have recently discovered a new breed of monkey.ī: No, so far I 've only done my history.Īfter a clause with the present perfect we often use a clause with since to show when something started in the past: We often use the present perfect with adverbials which refer to the recent past: recently MultipleChoice_MTYzMTA= Present perfect with time adverbials We use have/has been when someone has gone to a place and returned:ī: I 've just been out to the supermarket.īut when someone has not returned, we use have/has gone:Ī: Where's Maria? I haven't seen her for weeks.ī: She 's gone to Paris for a week. GapFillTyping_MTYzMDc= have been and have gone Present perfect 1įor something that happened in the past but is important in the present: My last birthday was the worst day I have ever had.

We often use the adverb everto talk about experience up to the present: He has written three books and he is working on another one. I 've played the guitar ever since I was a teenager. when we are talking about our experience up to the present:.They 've been married for nearly fifty years. The present perfect is formed from the present tense of the verb have and the past participle of a verb.įor something that started in the past and continues in the present:

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