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Maizura Posted 12 years ago
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what the differences between present perfect and present perfect countinuous
  

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Present perfect = have/has + past participle. Present perfect continuous = have/has + been + present participle. example: I have called you three times today, but you never answered.

  • Present perfect = have/has + past participle.
  • Present perfect continuous = have/has + been + present participle.
  • example: I have called you three times today, but you never answered.
  • (present perfect; 3 discrete events) I have been calling you all day, but you never answered.
  • (present perfect continuous; many times during the day)
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Present perfect = have/has + past participle.
Present perfect continuous = have/has + been + present participle.

example:
I have called you three times today, but you never answered. (present perfect; 3 discrete events)
I have been calling you all day, but you never answered. (present perfect continuous; many times during the day)
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Hi, Maizura. Welcome to the Forum.
Present perfect is normally used for something that happened at an unspecified point in the past.
She has been to New York.
Present perfect can also be used to describe changes or accomplishments.
She has improved her grades.
She has learned to speak Arabic.
Present perfect can be used to describe multiple acti
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Blue JayPresent perfect continuous is normally used for something that began in the past, and has continued to the present, or until the recent past. You can be specific about time. She has been in New York for a week.She has been busy lately.
You forgot to give us examples of the continuous:

She has ben working in New York for a week.
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blue jay give us nominal sentence in the continuous. so it will write in past perfect. Am I right?
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Maizurablue jay give us nominal sentence in the continuous. so it will write in past perfect. Am I right?
No. We did not give you any examples of the past perfect.
Please post your sentence, and we will tell you what tense you have used.
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fivejedjonYou forgot to give us examples of the continuous:
You're right. I have no idea what I was thinking.
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Maizuradifferences between present perfect and present perfect countinuous continuous
You may want to start with these three categories.

For activities that started in the past and continue to the present moment, we use the present perfect continuous.

Arthur has been working in the gard

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