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Present Perfect Simple Present Perfect Continuous
Usage :1- To talk about something Usage :1- Something that
that started in the past and hasn’t started in the past and still in
finished yet. progress.
Form: Subject + have / has +past Form: Subject + have/ has +
participle of the verb been +verb+ing
Example: We have studied English Example: I have been studying
for 6 years. all day.
2-Something has just finished:
Example: Ahmed has just done his 2- Something that started in the
homework. past and has happened
3-Something that happened in the repeatedly:
past, but we don’t know when Example: James has been
exactly: training all day for 3 months.
Example: James has won three
matches so far. 3-Something that started in the
past and may have finished:
4-Something happened in the past Example: The girls have been
but it has affected the present: studying all morning, they are
Example: I’ve broken my leg, so I very tired
can’t go to school.
Key Words: already -yet / since – .
for / ever – never / still / lately / Key Words: all day / all morning
recently / so far / just/three / lately / recently / since/ for /
times/until now/ for ages for a long time / for very long
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