Present Perfect Simple

Present Perfect Simple Present Perfect Continuous

Can you answer the questions?

• Have you ever been on TV?
• Have you ever kissed an animal?
• Have you ever seen Elisabeth II?
• Have you talked to her?
• How long have you been learning English?
• Do you know how many words you have learnt?
• How long have you been studying at school?
• How many test have you written?

Present Perfect Continuous

10 a.m. 10.30 a.m.

• He is waiting for a bus. He is still waiting.

He has been waiting for 30 minutes

Your clothes are all wet!

I know. I have been washing the car.

Why has the baby got a scratch on her face?

• It has been playing with a cat.

Why have you got a black eye?

• I have been fighting.

Why are your clothes all muddy?

• I have been repairing my car.

Why are the room full of feathers?

• We have been playing with pillows.

Why are you breathing so hard?

• I have been running a marathon.

Why is her hair wet?

• She has been swimming?

Why is there smoke coming from the kitchen?

• My dad has been cooking all the morning.

Why are you tired?

• I have been working all day.

Why are your eyes red?

• I have been reading all night.

Why are you late?

• I have been playing computer games.

Why is your room in such a terrible mess?

• I have been searching for my shirt.

Make questions with HOW LONG and answer them.

• Learn /English
• Write / essay
• Watch / TV
• Live / in the city
• It / snow
• He/ work
• Kate / paint the wall

• How long have you been learning English?
• How long have you been writing the essay?
• How long have you been watching TV?
• How long have you been Living in the city?
• How long has it been snowing?
• How long has he been working?
• How long has Kate been painting the wall?

Present Perfect Simple Present Perfect Continuous

10 a.m.

Now it’s 11 a.m.

5 letters

• She has been writing letters since 10 a.m.
• (how long)

• Now it’s 11 a.m.

She has written 5 letters.

(result)

Grammar rule.

Present perfect continuous

Present perfect simple

• We are interested in the result of an action.

• The action is still happening or has just stopped and has connection with now.
• We use how long, for, since.

• We use already, yet, just, ever never, recently, lately, so far, this day/week/year.

• She has written two books.

• He has been washing the dishes for two hours.

Make sentences using the prompts .

• How long/ you/ travel?
• How many countries/ you/ visit?

• How long have you been travelling?
• How many countries have you visited?

Make sentences using the prompts .

• He/ fish/ all the morning.
• He/ catch/not/ any fish.

• He has been fishing all the morning.
• He hasn’t caught any fish.

Make sentences using the prompts .

• She/go shopping/ since morning.
• She/ buy/ a pair of jeans.

• She has been shopping since morning.
• She has bought a pair of jeans.

Make sentences using the prompts .

• They/ learn/ Spanish/ for one month.
• They/ learn/ 100 words.

• They have been learning Spanish for one month.
• They have learnt 100 words.

Make your examples.

Speaking.

• How long have you been doing something?
• What is the result?