2. • 9
• Identify and use the present perfect simple
and continuous to talk about finished and
unfinished actions.
• Identify time expressions for the present
perfect simple and continuous.
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3. 9
Present Perfect Simple
• I have heard that song many times.
• I have never seen that group in concert.
• I have played the guitar since I was in high
school.
When do we use the Present Perfect Simple?
Describe the
music you
listen to.
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4. 7
Present Perfect Continuous
• They have been practicing. I see them putting
their instruments away.
• I have been listening to Beethoven since I was
a child.
When do we use the Present Perfect
Continuous?
Describe the
music you
listen to.
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5. 7
8/13
Look at the picture. Read the structures and
Describe the
music you
listen to.
compare them
6. 7
Present Perfect Simple
Describe the
music you
listen to.
Used for:
-Experiences
•
-Actions that started in
the past and continue
now
-Finished actions in an
unspecified time in the
past
Present Perfect
Continuous
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Used for:
-Actions that started in
the past and continue
now
-Very recently finished
actions when results can
still be seen.
7. 7
Present Perfect Continuous
Describe the
music you
listen to.
• HAS /HAVE NOT BEEN verb
–ing.
HAS/HAVE BEEN verb -ing .
HAS/HAVE BEEN
verb -ing ?
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8. 7
Time expressions
With unfinished actions:
for, since, all day, lately, recently, this year,
these days, for a while…
With finished actions and present perfect
simple:
Already, ever, never, yet, once, twice, three
times
Compare
perspectives
on life
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9. 7
Exercises
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/
grammar/prepersim-preperpro/tests?test1
p. 17
http://www.urszulawaligora.eu/index.php?
option=com_content&view=article&id=78&Item
id=125
Compare
perspectives
on life
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10. 7
Exercises
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/
grammar/prepersim-preperpro/tests?test1
p. 17
http://www.urszulawaligora.eu/index.php?
option=com_content&view=article&id=78&Item
id=125
Compare
perspectives
on life
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