Tenses: Present perfect simple and continuous

We use the present perfect when we have a habitual action in the present

• True

• False

• Maybe

We use the present perfect simple when we have a long action now

• True

• False

• Maybe

We use the present perfect simple when

something started in the past and continues in the present:

• True

• False

• Maybe

Which sentences describe :

something that started in the past and continues in the present. Find the right examples

• They've been married for nearly fifty years.

• She has lived in Liverpool all her life.

• She has stayed in London in 2020

We use the present perfect simple

when we are talking about our experience up to the present

• I've played the guitar ever since I was a teenager.

• I've played the guitar ever since I was 15 years old.

• I've played the guitar when I was a teenager.

We use the present perfect simple

for something that happened in the past but is important in the present. Find the right examples

• I can't get in the house. I've lost my keys.

• Teresa isn't at home. I think she has gone shopping.

• Bob isn't at his office. I think she has gone home at 3:00 pm.

Select the adverbials that we use with the present perfect simple:

• since, for, recently, just, only just, up to now, ever, yet

• since, for, recently, just, rarely, up to now, ever, yet

• since, for, recently, just, only just, up to now, frequently

Select the form of the present perfect continuous:

• Subject + Have + past participle of the verb

  I have visited

• Subject + Have + been + (Verb+in)

  I have been visiting

• Subject + had + past participle of the verb

  I had visited

We use the present perfect continuous to emphasise that something is still continuing in the present

• True

• False

• Maybe

Which sentences emphasize that something is still continuing in the present

• It's been raining for hours.

• It's been raining for hours last night

• They have been staying with us since last week.