2. PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE
1) STRUCTURE
SUBJECT + AUXILIARY VERB + MAIN VERB
(have) (Past Participle)
2)USE: I have never been to Australia
Action that has taken place before the moment
of speaking
School has not started yet
School has not started yet.
Action that is still going on
I have lost my key
Finished action that has influence on
the present
She has cooked dinner
Action that stopped recently She has written five letters
Put emphasis on the result
3. PRESENT PERFECT CONTINOUS
1) STRUCTURE
Subject + Have/has been + Gerund
2) USE
I have been
He has been painting the house
waiting for you for
for 5 hours.
Actions that started in the past and continue now half an hour.
Actions that have recently stopped
I have been living in
Boston for two months.
Temporary actions and situations
