PRESENT PERFECT I HAVE WORKED AT THE OFFICE

Per indicare l’avvenire di un’azione dal passato ad ora, con conseguenze sul presente:

SHE HAS STUDIED COMMERCE FOR THREE YEARS TO BECOME A MANAGER.

THEY HAVE STUDIED BUSINESS ENGLISH TO IMPROVE THEIR SKILLS.

Azione passato in un periodo non specificato, con parole chiave tipo ‘BEFORE, ‘EVER’:

I HAVE WORKED THERE BEFORE.

WE HAVE SUPPLIED THEM BEFORE.
THEY HAVE BOUGHT FROM US BEFORE.
HAVE YOU EVER FILLED IN A PURCHASE ORDER BEFORE?

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS I’VE BEEN WORKING AT THE OFFICE

Continuazione di un’azione dal passato ad ora, con indicazione della durata:

I’VE BEEN WORKING AT THE OFFICE FOR THE LAST MONTH.

Con parole chiave come ‘RECENTLY’, ‘LATELY’:

LATELY, WE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING A LOT OF SPAM.

Per esprimere la durata di un’azione passato, in risposta a domande con ‘How long…?’ e con ‘for +
periodo’, ‘since + momento preciso’:

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WORKING AT LCI FOR?

I HAVE BEEN WORKING THERE FOR 7 YEARS / SINCE 2015.