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We are interested in the activity. It does not matter whether something has been finished or not. Ann's clothes are covered in paint. She has been painting the ceiling. Has been painting is the present perfect continuous. We are interested in the result of activity, not in the activity itself. The ceiling was white. Now it is blue. She has painted the ceiling. Has painted is the present perfect ..

We use the present perfect continuous for an activity that has recently stopped or just stopped. You're out of breath. Have you been running? (you're out of breath now) Paul is very tired. He's been working very hard. (he's tired now) We often use the present perfect continuous in this way, especially with how long for... and since... . The activity is still happening or has just stopped. How lo..

When we talk about a period of time that continues from the past until now, we use the present perfect (have been / have travelled etc.) Have you ever eaten caviar? (in your life) We've never had a car. Have you read Hamlet? / No, I haven't read any of Shakespeare's plays. In the following examples too the speakers are talking about a period that continues until now (recently / in the last few d..

The present perfect simple is have/has + past participle. The past participle often end in -ed (finished/decided etc.), but many importantverbs are irregular (lost/done/been/written etc). When we use the present perfect there is always a connection with now. The action in the past has a result now. Where's your key? / I don't know. I've lost it. ( I haven't got it now ) He told me name but I've ..

We use the past continuous to say that somebody was in the middle of doing something at a certain time. The action or situation had already started before this time but had not finished. This time last year I was living in Brazil. What were you doing at 10 o'clock last night? I waved to her but she wasn't looking. Compare the past continuous (I was doing) and past simple (I did) Past continuous ..

Very often the past simple ends in -ed (regular verbs): I work in a travel agency now. Before that I worked in a shop. We invited them to our party but they decided not to com. But many verbs are irregular. The past simple does not end in -ed. Mozart wrote(write→wrote) more than 600 pieces of music. We saw(see→saw) Rose in town a few days ago. I went(go→went) to the cinema three times last week...

We use continuous tenses only for actions and happenings (they are eating / it is raining etc.). Some verbs (for example, know and like) are not action verbs. You cannot say 'I'm knowing' or 'they are liking'. you can only say 'I know' , 'they like'. The following verbs are not normally used in continuous tense: like love hate want need perfer know realise suppose mean understatnd believe rememb..

Present continuous (I am doing) Use the continuous for something that is happening at or around the time of speaking. The action is not finished. - The water is boiling. Can you turn it off? - Let's go out. It isn't raining now. - I'm going to bed now. Geednight! Present simple (I do) Use the simple for things in general or things that happen repeatedly. - Water boils at 100 degrees celsius. - E..

We use the present simple to talk about things in general. We are not thinking only about now. We use it to say that something happens all the time or repeatedly, or that something is true in general. It is not important whether the action is happening at the time of speaking. Nurses look after patients in hospitals. I usually go away at weekend. The earth goes round the sun. We use the present ..

I am doing something = I'm in the middle of doing something; I've started doing it and haven't finished yet. Please don't make so much noise. I'm working. (not I work) Let's go out now. It isn't ranning any more. (not it doesn't rain) But the action is not necessarily happening at the time of speaking. Tom and Ann are talking in a cafe. Tom says: I'm reading an interesting book at the moment. I'..