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    The document discusses the present perfect and present perfect continuous tenses in English grammar. The present perfect connects a past action or event with the present, while the present perfect continuous focuses on unfinished actions or activities that have been ongoing and describes how long they have been happening. The present perfect simple is used for completed actions and describes how much or how many of those actions have occurred, while the present perfect continuous implies a temporary or ongoing state rather than a permanent result.

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    The document discusses the present perfect and present perfect continuous tenses in English grammar. The present perfect connects a past action or event with the present, while the present perfect continuous focuses on unfinished actions or activities that have been ongoing and describes how long they have been happening. The present perfect simple is used for completed actions and describes how much or how many of those actions have occurred, while the present perfect continuous implies a temporary or ongoing state rather than a permanent result.

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    Present Perfect: A Connection Between The Past and The Present

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    The document discusses the present perfect and present perfect continuous tenses in English grammar. The present perfect connects a past action or event with the present, while the present perfect continuous focuses on unfinished actions or activities that have been ongoing and describes how long they have been happening. The present perfect simple is used for completed actions and describes how much or how many of those actions have occurred, while the present perfect continuous implies a temporary or ongoing state rather than a permanent result.

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    PRESENT PERFECT

    A connection between the past and the present.

    He’s written 16 books.


    I’ve been decorating the house this summer.

    Unfinished.

    I’ve painted the living room blue.

    Finished
    PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

    The focus is on an activity that is unfinished.

    I’ve read that book you lent me. I finished it


    yesterday.

    I’ve been reading that book you lent me. I’ve


    got another 50 pages to read.
    The present perfect continuous (has
    been writing) talks about
    HOW LONG
    something has been happening.

    The present perfect simple (has


    written) talks about
    HOW MUCH/HOW MANY
    have been completed.
    Present perfect simple
    permanent.

    Present perfect continuous


    temporary.
    https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/intermediate-grammar/present-
    perfect-simple-and-present-perfect-continuous

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