Present Perfect Simple vs. Present Perfect Continuous

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Student’s Worksheet – Introduction 1

Ex. 1 Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs.

1. His wife ___________ (leave him).

2. His company ___________ (go) bankrupt.

3. He ___________ (fall) asleep.

4. His boss ___________ (fire) him.

5. He __________ (not get) a pay rise.

6. He __________ (not go) on holiday.

7. How long ___________ (he not be) on holiday? He ___________ (not be on holiday) ___________ 3 years.

AFFIRMATIVE		NEGATIVE		INTERROGATIVE
I You We They	have worked	I You We They	haven’t (= have not) worked	Have	I you we they	worked?
He She It	has worked	He She It	hasn’t (= has not) worked	Has	he she it	worked?

USE 1 Action which has recently finished and its result is in the present

They have done their shopping.

Ann has bought a new mobile phone.

U SE 2 Action started in the past and is still continuing in the present (usually non-continuous verbs: be, believe, belong, feel, hate, have, hear, know, like, love, mean, need, prefer, remember, want,

wish, think, understand, etc.)

I have had a cold for two weeks. She has been in England since May 2007.

U SE 3 General/Lifetime experience

I have seen that movie twenty times. I think I have met him once before.

Common time expressions:

how long, since, for, never, ever, yet, already, just, so far, recently, lately

Student’s Worksheet – Practice 1

Ex. 1 Using the picture prompts write what has just happened. Use the verbs below.

GET MARRIED / GIVE FLOWERS / MAKE A SNOWMAN / FINISH UNIVERSITY

CATCH A BIG FISH / WASH UP / IRON A SHIRT / BAKE A CAKE / GET A PRESENT

1.	2.	3.
4.	5.	6.
7.	8.	9.

Student’s Worksheet – Introduction 2

Ex. 1 Read the extracts and underline the sentences in Present Perfect Continuous.

The girls have been riding a bike. Now they are tired and thirsty so they are resting and drinking water. They have been standing and resting for 5 minutes now. They haven’t been riding.

What has the baby been doing? How long hasn’t he been sleeping?

Ex. 2 Fill in the forms.

We form the sentences:	positive:	________ + ________ + ________ + ________
	negative:	________ + ________ + ________ + ________
	questions:	________ + ________ + ________ + ________

Present Perfect Continuous:

1. is used to talk about an action that started in the past and is still continuing (we usually add how long it has been in progress), e.g. ___________________

2. is used when we are talking about one action that has just finished and its results are visible in the present, e.g. ______________________________

time expressions: for, since, how long, all morning/day/year, etc., e.g. _________________________________________________________

Student’s Worksheet – Practice 2

Ex. 1 Match the verbs with the pictures and write what those people have been doing and how long they have been doing this.

PAINT / two days	REPAIR /midday	FISH / two hours	HUNT / all day	CLIMB /three hours
RIDE A HORSE / half an hour	WORK / two weeks	SWIM / morning	SHOP / five hours	WASH UP / lunch

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4.	5.		6.			7.
8.		9.		10.

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