The document discusses the differences between the simple present perfect and present perfect progressive tenses. It explains that the simple present perfect is used for finished past actions where the time is unknown, while the present perfect progressive expresses unfinished past actions or states that continue into the present. Examples are provided to illustrate the different uses of each tense.

1. Present Perfect
Differences between the
Simple and the Progressive
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2. The Present Perfect always shows a connection
between the Past and the resent.
A finished action that
happened at some point
until now but we don’t
specify when. It expresses
that something was
experienced but we don’t
know when.
(Usually in the simple form)
She has run a marathon.
I haven’t run a marathon.
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3. An unfinished action that
started in the past and
continues now.
(Usually in the present perfect
progressive form)
It has been raining all day.
She has been living in London
since 2008.
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4. An unfinished state that
started in the past and
continues now.
(Usually in the simple form)
I have known my dog since I
was a little boy.
We have loved each other
ever since.
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5. * Remember that we use the progressive form with
dynamic meanings but not with stative meanings:
• I have hated broccoli all my life.
• I have been hating broccoli.
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6. What have you been
doing lately?
Answer in the comment box below using the Present
Perfect Progressive.
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