UNIT 7: PRESENT TENSES

Present Perfect vs Present Perfect Continuous

Present Perfect Present Perfect Continuous

FORM

(+) S + have/ has + PII. (+) S + have/ has + been + Ving.

(-) S + have/ has + not + PII. (-) S + have/ has + not + been + Ving.
(?) Have/ has + S + PII? (?) Have/ has + S + been + Ving?
USAGE

 Hành động đã xảy ra và kết thúc hoàn toàn trong
quá khứ nhưng không có thời gian cụ thể.
Eg: He has sold his car.
(when? We don’t know.)
I have read this book before.
 Hành động xảy ra và kết thúc trong quá khứ
nhưng kết quả còn lưu ở hiện tại.
Eg: He has just painted the room. ( the paint is
wet.)
He has just washed his car. It looks very new.
 Diễn tả sự trải nghiệm (experience)
Eg: She has seen this film three times.
 Hành động bắt đầu trong quá khứ, vẫn đang tiếp
diễn ở hiện tại và có thể còn tiếp tục xảy ra trong
tương lai.
Eg: She has been living in this house for 2 years.
(She still lives in this house.)
 Nhấn mạnh vào thời gian hay quá trình xảy ra sự
việc.
Eg: I have been waiting here for 2 hours.
I have been learning English for 10 years but I
can’t speak English fluently.

TIME EXPRESSIONS
Present Perfect Present Perfect Continuous
 Just, ever, never, yet, already, before.  All + day/ night/ week …
 Since + time (since 1990 …)  For + hours/ days/ weeks/ months…
 For + period of time (for 5 years …)
 So far = up to now = up to present
 Lately = recently = in recent years
 Once/ several times
 For a long time = for ages
 For the last/ past + TIME
Eg: for the last three days
for the last decade

PRACTICE
Exercise 1: Put the verbs in brackets in the present perfect or the present perfect continuous tense.
1/ I (try) ______________ to learn French for years, but I (not succeed) ______________ yet.
2/ She (read) ______________ all the works of Dickens.How many (you read) ______________ ?
3/ I (wait) ______________ here nearly half an hour for my girlfriend.
4/ Mary (rest) ______________ in the garden all day because she (be) ______________ ill.
5/ Although John (study) _____________at the University for 5 years, he (not get) _____________his degree yet.
6/ Jack (go) ______________to Switzerland for a holiday. He (never, be) ______________ there.
7/ We (live) ______________ here for the last six months, and (just, decide) ______________ to move.
8/ That book ( lie) ______________on the table for weeks. You (not read) ______________it yet ?
9/ He (not be) ______________here since Christmas; I wonder where he (live) ______________since then.
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10/ He (lose) ______________ his books. He (look) ______________for them all afternoon, but they (not turn up)
______________yet.
11/ She (work) ______________ so hard this week that she (not have) ______________ time to go to the cinema.
12/ Your hair is wet. (You swim) ______________ for a long time ?
13/ Bill is still a bad driver although he (drive) ______________cars for six years.
14/ You look very tired. (You work) ______________very hard?
15/ The phone (ring) ______________ for 2 minutes, but I (not answer______________it yet.
Exercise 2. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. 1. Poor Tracy!
She_______ that essay for hours now and she still _______ .
A. has written/hasn't finished B. has been writing/didn't finish
C. has been writing/hasn't finished D. has written/hasn't been finishing
2. I_______ for my math textbook all day, but I _______ it yet.
A. have been looking/haven't found B. have looked/haven't found
C. have been looking/haven't been finding D. have looked/haven't been finding
3. Mum_______ all morning. She_______ lots of Christmas presents.
A. has shopped/has bought B. has been shopping/has bought
C. has been shopping/has been buying D. has shopped/has been buying
4. Kevin_______ his homework, but he_______ it yet.
A. has been doing/hasn't been finishing B. has done/hasn't finished
C. has been doing/hasn't finished D. has done/hasn't been finishing
5. Pete______ at Midfield Secondary School since 2006, but he_______ music in his lessons twice.
A. has been teaching/has only played B. has been teaching/has only been playing
C. has taught/has only been playing D. has taught/has only played
6. I_______ the biography of Robbie Williams, but I'm on page 50.
A. have read B. have been reading C. had read D. was reading
7. Jimmy can go out when he_______ for the exam.
A. has been studying B. has been studied
C. has studied D. studied
8. I _______ the latest Harry Potter book all day. I'm dying to know what happens in the end!
A. am reading B. have been reading C. have read D. had read
9. So far I _______ any of the exams at school.
A. haven't been failing B. hadn't failed
C. didn't fail D. haven't failed
10. We_______ our classroom for the upcoming Teachers' Day, but there's still a lot to do.
A. are decorating B. decorated
C. have been decorating D. have decorated
11. Margaret_______ in the school marathon for charity before.
A. has never run B. never runs
C. never ran D. has never been running
12. Tim_______ for the scholarship to study abroad in the USA at least twice.
A. applied B. is applying C. has been applying D. has applied
13. All the students_______ for their academic transcripts all this week, but they_______ them yet.
A. have waited/haven't received B. have been waiting/haven't received
C. have waited/haven't been receiving D. have been waiting/haven't been receiving.
14. I_______ for the information about the differences between further education and higher education all this morning.
A. had searched B. have been searched
C. have been searching D. have searched
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15. It's the first time you_______ an online course, isn't it?
A. had ever taken B. have ever been taking C. ever took D. have ever taken