Forming the present perfect continuous. Affirmative: have/has been + present participle (verb + ing) Negative: haven’t/hasn’t been + present participle (verb + ing) Meaning. Present perfect continuous is used to talk about an action/event that started in the past and is still happening now. I’ve been waiting for over an hour.

Game to practice differentiating the present perfect from the simple past tense. The Past simple is for actions that were finished at a defined time in the past. Present perfect have multiple rules. This game helps review the two tenses. This game replaces the previous game which is now phased out. The old game had the following description:

Present perfect simple: positive. I've played in a band. She's had dance lessons. They've visited lots of interesting places. We form the present perfect simple with: Subject + have/has + past participle. Positive (+) Subject. have/has.
The direct question is in the present simple tense. We make a present simple question with 'do' or 'does' so I need to take that away. Then I need to change the verb to the past simple. Another example: Direct speech: Where is Julie? Reported speech: She asked me where Julie was. The direct question is the present simple of 'be'. Present Progressive Tense Positive Sentence Examples. The present progressive is used to indicate an activity now in progress. ā€œI’m readingā€ This construction differs from the simple present, present perfect, and present perfect progressive (ā€œI have been readingā€). 1. I am starting University in the fall. (start + ing = starting) 2. We use the present perfect simple more when there is a result in the present (like the cake) and the present perfect continuous more when the action is important. Umm, OK. So you would say ā€˜She’s been travelling a lot recently.’. Exactly. Because we’re more interested in the action than the result. 2gr0.
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