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Yellowstarstruck Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Present Perfect Continuous

Hi!

Are these definitions fine? Thanks, Fulvio

1. Have you gone shopping? (Present Perfect)

2. Have you been shopping? (Present Perfect Continuous)

3. Have you been shopping yet? (Present Perfect Continuous)

4. Have you been sick? (Present Perfect Continuous)

  

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yellowstarstruck 4. Have you been sick? (Present Perfect Continuous) Which of these four words is a verb ending in -ing?

  • yellowstarstruck 4.
  • Have you been sick?
  • (Present Perfect Continuous) Which of these four words is a verb ending in -ing?
  • Not a single one.
  • So it can't be continuous.
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yellowstarstruck4. Have you been sick? (Present Perfect Continuous)

Which of these four words is a verb ending in -ing?

Not a single one. So it can't be continuous. It's just present perfect.

yellowstarstruck1. Have you gone shopping? (Present Perfect)

Here you are using the idiom go + -ing verb. In

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