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• 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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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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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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Describe the music you listen to.
Look at the picture. Read the structures and compare them
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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
Used for:-Actions that started in the past and continue now-Very recently finished actions when results can still be seen.
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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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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
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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&Itemid=125
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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&Itemid=125
Compare perspectives on life
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