Present Perfect / Present Perfect Continuous or Past Simple

Choose the sentences with Present Perfect.

• I've been watching a film since an early morning.

• I've had a headache recently.

• Andrew has a good sense of humour.

• Elena's done her homework lately.

• We haven't bought a cake yet.

Choose the sentences with Past Simple.

• I wasn't at work yesterday.

• They've been at work.

• I had had a problem before that.

• I flew to Beijing last year.

• Adelia didn't forget to learn grammar.

Choose the sentences with Present Perfect Continuous.

• I've been to Poland twice.

• I've been working here for 5 years.

• Christine likes working there.

• They've been studying Italian since their childhood.

• How long have you lived here?

We use Present Perfect...

• to describe recent actions when we don't say the exact time.

• to ask or say about life experiences

• to describe a progressive action which started in the past and is still continuing

• to describe recent actions when we say the exact time

• to describe unfinished actions (for non-action verbs)

We use Present Perfect Continuous...

• to describe a continuous finished action which is connected with the present

• to tell about life experiences

• to desribe past finished actions

• to describe a progressive action which started in the past and is still continuing

• to describe long past events

We use Past Simple...

• to describe finished actions in the past

• to describe a progressive action which started in the past and is still continuing

• to describe recent actions when we say the exact time

• to ask detailed questions about life experiences, e. g. What? Where?

• to tell about life experiences

How long ... English?

• have you studied

• have you been learning

• have you been knowing

• have you learnt

• did you learn

Where ... to Paris?

• were you go

• did you go

• have you been

• have you gone

• have you going

... to Greece?

• Have you ever gone

• Did you ever went

• Have you ever be

• Did you ever go

• Have you ever been

How long ... in that city?

• has Shakespeare lived

• have Shakespeare been living

• did Shakespeare lived

• did Shakespeare live

• did Shakespeare living