COLLOCATION GET, GO ON, TRAVEL

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PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE VS CONTINUOUS
GE7/ 17062023
► a journey refers to travelling in one direction (for example, from London to
Paris),
► while a trip includes the return journey (you go to Paris and then come back
to London).
► remember that travel is usually a verb.
► When we want to use a noun, we usually use a journey or a trip: How was
your trip/journey? not How was your travel?
► we get into/out of a car or a taxi,
► and get on/off public transport (buses, planes, trains, boats, etc.) and
bikes/motorbikes.
► we say get a taxi home not get a taxi to home.
► by in get here by 10.30 means ‘at or before 10.30’.
► a We usually use the Present Perfect Continuous to talk about an activity that
started in the past and continues in the present:
The company has been publishing guide books for 40 years.
► ● We usually use the Present Perfect Simple to talk about a state that started
in the past and continues in the present: The book has been a best-seller
since it was published in 1973.
► Point out that we often use for and since with the Present Perfect
Continuous: They’ve been watching TV for three hours. I’ve been trying to
call you since lunchtime.
► We make the positive form of the Present Perfect Continuous with:
I/you/we/they + ’ve or have + been + verb+ing
he/she/it + ’s or has + been + verb+ing
► ● We make the negative form of the Present Perfect Continuous with:
I/you/we/they + haven’t + been + verb+ing
he/she/it + hasn’t + been + verb+ing
► ● c We usually use the Present Perfect Continuous to say how long an activity
has been happening: Their television company, Lonely Planet TV, has been
making programmes since 2004.
► ● We usually use the Present Perfect Simple to say how many things are
finished: Lonely Planet has published over 650 guidebooks since the company
began.
► We make Present Perfect Continuous questions with:
► How long + have or has + subject + been + verb+ing … .
► ● We make Present Perfect Simple questions with:
► How many (+ noun) + have or has + subject + past participle … .
► ● we can also make questions with the Present Perfect Simple and How much
(+ noun): How much money have you spent so far
ASSIGNMENTS

► Write a story about your life using Present Perfect Continuous, Present
Perfect Simple, Present simple, Past Simple.
► Minimum 10 sentences
► Submit it to gcr max at 12. 47