Transcript PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE (CONTINUOUS) and …

PRESENT PERFECT
PROGRESSIVE
(CONTINUOUS)
and
PRESENT PERFECT
Present Perfect Progressive
• Actions that started in past, continue to
present and maybe continue in the
future. (Actions haven’t finished or have
been completed recently)
It has been snowing all day.
Ted has been looking for a job for a year and hasn’t
found one yet.
How long has the counter been
marking the time?
How long has the money been
falling?
• Actions that have stopped recently
and we can see a sign from that
action.
She has been working all night with the
report.
(The report is completed and she looks
tired.)
It has been raining.
(It’s not raining right now but the floor still
is wet)
Present Perfect Progressive
• Repeated actions that started in
the past.
Verbs emphasizing physical actions as
hit, punch, knock, jump, etc.
• How long has Jimmy been running?
• How many times has Jimmy won the race?
Sometimes we can use Present Perfect or
Present Perfect Continuous and the
meaning is the same
We have lived in CT for 3 years.
We have been living in CT since 1997.
Present Perfect vs. Present
Perfect Progressive
Present Perfect
• Emphasizes on a
permanent event.
Present Perfect
Progressive
• Emphasizes on a
temporary event.
They have read a book
about philosophy.
(They finished reading
the book.)
They have been reading a
book about philosophy.
(They are still reading the
book.)
Present Perfect
• We want to know …
How much someone has done
something
How many times someone has
done something
How many things someone has
done
She has cooked and
cleaned all day.
We have met twice a
week for two months.
Present Perfect
Progressive
We want to know or talk
about...
How long something has been
happening.
I have been reading
the
New York Magazine
for two months.