Present Perfect vs

Present Perfect Continuos

Present Perfect Present Perfect Continous

Regular verbs

Have/Has + Past Participle

I have Walked the dog.

Irregular Verbs

Have/Has + Past Participle

She has driven in my

car.

Have/Has + been + verb+ ing

I have been walking the dog

She has been driving my car

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I/You/We/They Have

He/She/It Has

Present Perfect

An action or situation that started in

the past and continues in the present.

Example: I have lived in México

since 1976 (and I still do.)

An action performed during a period

that has not yet finished.

Example: She has been to the

cinema twice this week

How do we use them?

Present Perfect Continous

Actions that started in the past and

continue in the present.

Example: She has been waiting

for you all day (and she's still

waiting now).

Actions that have just finished, but

we are interested in the results:

Example: She has been cooking

since last night (and the food on

the table looks delicious).

Present Perfect Affirmative

Subject to have past participle

She has visited

Negative

Subject to have + not

past participle

She hasn't visited

Which is the best English?

to have Subject past participle

Has she visited..?

Interrogative negative

to have + not Subject past participle

Hasn't she visited...?

Present Perfect Continuos Affirmative

She has been / She's been running

Negative

She hasn't been running

Interrogative

Has she been running?

Interrogative negative

Hasn't she been running?