PRESENT PERFECT

VS PRESENT PERFECT

PROGRESSIVE

PRESENT PERFECTThe present perfect expresses an action that is still going on or that stopped recently, but has an influence on the present. It puts emphasis on the result.

•We use “have” for I, you, we and they. • “Has” is used for he, she and it.

Its structure is: POSITIVE

Subject + have/has + past participle

NEGATIVESubject + have/has + not + past

participle

QUESTIONHave/ has + subject + past participle

Examples I have lost my keys I‘ve studied there since 1 year

ago She has cooked dinner for 1 hour He hasn’t been to Australia School has not started yet Have you made a cake? Has she finished her test? We have never gone to skiing

PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE

We use the present perfect progressive or continuous to talk about something that started in the past but is still happening in the present.

Structure:subject + auxiliary verb

+ auxiliary verb

+ main verb

    havehas

  been   base + ing

  subject

auxiliary verb

  auxiliary verb

main verb

 

+ I have   been waiting for one hour.

+ You have   been talking too much.

- It has not been raining.  

- We have not been playing football.

? Have you   been seeing her?

? Have they   been doing their homework?

CONTRACTIONSI have been I've been

You have been You've been

He has beenShe has beenIt has been

John has beenThe car has been

He's beenShe's beenIt's been

John's beenThe car's been

We have been We've been

They have been They've been