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Hi, everybody.

My name is Alicia.

In this lesson, I'm going to talk about the difference between the present perfect tense and the present perfect, continuous tense.

Many people ask about the difference between these two.

So I'm going to talk about how to make these tenses and sometimes when you might want to use them.

So let's get started.

First of all, I want to begin with sort of visual of these two grammar points.

I'm going to start with the present perfect tense here, though.

So you might have seen another video on this channel about the present perfect tense.

How to use it, how to make it.

But I'm going to review quickly here the present perfect tense.

I'm going to talk about two uses of the present perfect tense.

They are first, uh, that we use the present perfect tense to express life experience at a non specific time in the past.

So this means something that we did in the past, meaning before the present time here on a timeline Uh, but the exact point in time is not important.

So we use this for perhaps our job experience or our travel experience.

For example, with expressions like I have been to France or I have worked at X y Z company, for example, the specific time is not important, so we can use the present perfect tense to describe those things.

The second point I want to talk about with the present perfect tense is how we use it to refer to an action that started in the past and that continues to the present or the effects of that action started in the past and continued to the present.

Rather so on our timeline, it sort of looks a little bit like this.

Some action started in the past, and the action has continued to the present.

In other words, So these are the two points I want to talk about with the present perfect tense.

Um, let's take a look, then to review how to make the present perfect tense when you're making a statement with the present perfect tense, you might use a pattern like this.

So if your subject is I will you are they will use that plus have, plus the past participle form of a verb.

You might use four or since depending on the, uh the point that you're using here and you'll finish the sentence with the extra information.

If your subject, however, is he or she or it will use has instead of have and then follow it with the past participle form of the verb, perhaps four or since depending on your sentence and your information.

So some examples of this are I have been to Italy, so have follows this pattern and been is the past participle form of the verb to be.

I have been to Italy in this one.

He has studied English for six months.

So here I'm using 60.1 here.

I'm using 0.2 in this in this bullet pointed list.

So this is a general life experience.

I have been to Italy.

Second, this is an action that started in the past and that continues to the present.

He has studied English for six months, So this is an action that's probably still in progress.

Okay, let's look at them some questions.

I want to review how to make questions with this tense.

So for simple yes and no questions we can use patterns like this has if your subject is he or she or it will begin with past.

If your subject is I will you or they will begin with have.

So let's start with this.

Has he she or it?

Plus the past participle form of the verb blessed again, this four or since perhaps and then your extra information at the end of the sentence with have it's the same.

So have I.

Will you?

Were they plus past participle, verbs and maybe four?

Or since so a couple examples of this has she finished her homework.

So here has, and my subject is she.

Has she finished?

Is the past participle form of the verb finish?

Has she finished her homework and have they cleaned up the house?

So these air questions asking, Has this action been completed so before now, in other words, these two actions in this case, her homework and the housecleaning.

Are they finished?

Yes or no?

But the time at which the action was finished is not so important in these questions.

The speaker, the person asking the question on Lee, wants to know.

Is it finished?

Is it not finished?

That's it.

So the specific time is not important.

That's why the present perfect tense is being used to ask the question.

Let's look at a different question pattern.

This is when you want to get information.

You're using a question word.

Like who?

Which what?

How and so on.

So we begin with our question word.

And then we follow the same pattern we saw up here.

So, for example, uh, we could use question word.

Plus, has he and past participle verb form plus four or since perhaps, and her extra information or question word plus have and or I will you they past participle, verbs and four percents.

So one great example of this is where have you been?

Where have you been?

So again, the speaker is asking in the in the period of time before the present, Where was the listener?

Where have you been in this period of time?

So this is a very common question.

So we use thes these types of questions just to ask about things that happened.

Or maybe that continued to happen before the present.

But maybe not at a specific point in time.

Also, please keep in mind we use four.

And since commonly with this point right here, the continuing action point.

Remember, we used four before a length of time, like 43 years for five hours.

And we used since to refer to a specific point in time.

Okay, so with that in mind, let's take a look then at the present perfect, continuous tents.

So, President, perfect, Continuous tense.

We use this for actions that started in the past and continue to the present.

Yes.

So, just like this one that we talked about here, but this point, it emphasizes a continuing action.

So we use this for something that we're putting our efforts into.

Now we're putting our focus into right now or for an interrupted action, for example.

So we'll introduce some examples here in just a moment to make three present.

Perfect.

Continuous.

The pattern is quite similar to the present Perfect tense.

We have this same change with the subject.

Depending on the subject will use I, we, you they plus half.

Then we'll use been, but then we'll follow it instead of with the past participle form of the verb will use the progressive or the content continuous form of the verb, the i N g form of the verb.

And here we can use four or since and the ending information.

Same thing with he she and its subjects.

The only difference is will use has instead of half here and then we'll follow it with been progressive form of the verb and four or since depending on your statement.

So let's take a look.

A couple examples here.

I've been teaching this lesson for five minutes.

Maybe so here.

I'm saying, Uh, this lesson is in progress.

This lesson is continuing, and I'm using four to show the length of time.

I'm making a guess there, but that's roughly Or that's about how long this lesson has been continuing for.

I imagine.

So I used the progressive in the past.

Perfect tends to show that, so it's an action that started in the past, and it continues to now, and right now it's the focus of my attention.

Right now, I'm focusing everything on teaching this lesson, so I want to emphasize that therefore, I use the progressive tense here in the past.

Perfect.

Let's look at another one he's been studying all morning.

He's been studying all morning.

This sentence sounds like the he in the sentence is maybe still studying.

So this is something he's put his effort into and his focus into all morning long.

So when we want to really emphasize someone's focus or someone's effort, we can use the present perfect, continuous tense.

Also, you might notice I've used this expression all morning at the end of this sentence, when you're using the progressive or the continuous version of the past perfect, you can end your sentence with, like all morning or all night, all afternoon, lately or recently to talk about the period of time that you've been focusing, or the period of time that you want to emphasize.

That action was continuing.

We'll see another example later.

Okay, let's look at those some questions using the present perfect continuous.

So Justus we saw with the present perfect tense.

We'll begin with have or has for some simple yes or no questions, and then depending on the subject, will change.

Uh, this this initial this initial word have or has on, and then we'll again We'll use been, plus the progressive form of the verb and perhaps four or since before our concluding information.

So some examples first, has he been sleeping all day?

So here I've used has because my subject is he I've used been and the progressive form of sleeping So sleep becomes sleeping.

Has he been sleeping all day?

Meaning in this period of time, Has he been sleeping continuously?

This is the question.

Has he been sleeping all day?

So probably he the person in the sentence is still sleeping.

Has he been sleeping all day?

So let's look at one more example of fist kind of question.

Pattern them so another one would be Have they been working on the project?

So here I've used half because I'm using the word they here.

So a group of people and again I'm using, been and working on the project Have they been working on the project Meaning from some point in time in the past have they may be a team or a group of people continuously so nonstop have they been working?

So this question emphasises their continued progress.

There continued work on the project.

Okay, let's finish up with a different kind of question pattern so again, when you use a question word like who?

Which what are how?

For example, um, we can use a has or have again here, depending on the subject of the sentence.

So I think that this part is the same as the question pattern we just talked about.

So let's just take a look at the example.

Sentences here, 1st 1 How have you been exercising lately?

How have you been exercising lately?

So this how, by the way, means in what way have you been exercising lately?

So in this case, the speaker probably knows that the listener has been exercising lately and the speaker wants to know how.

Meaning in what way?

So how have you been exercising lately?

Meaning in the past.

Up until now, in this period?

Continuously, what has been your method of exercise or what's the way you've been exercising?

This is what the speaker is asking in the last one.

Where has he been keeping his files?

So hear my question.

Word is, where has he been again?

And keeping in this case, keeping is in the progressive or the continue instance.

Where has he been keeping his files?

So in this sentence.

For example, maybe someone is searching for some files or some data.

Maybe a colleague is absent, for example, and the speaker wants to know where has he been keeping so from the past until now?

Where has he been keeping his files?

So when we want to emphasize something that started in the past continues to the present, or there's something we're really focusing our effort or our energy own, we can use the present.

Perfect continuous tends to do that.

So if you want to emphasize maybe the completion of inaction, something that has finished, we can use the present perfect tense, like he has studied English for six months, and he has been studying English for six months.

They yes, they communicate the same thing.

But using he has studied English for six months doesn't sound like so much.

Effort continues to be put into the study.

If you want to really emphasize your effort, you should use the progressive form He has been studying English for six months.

Sounds like it's continuing.

It sounds like there's more focus on that activity, so try to keep this slight difference in mind.

And if you really want to emphasize your effort and your focus.

Try using the continuous form of the present perfect tense instead of just the present.

Perfect.

So I hope that this was helpful for you.

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