hello welcome to easy English at home YouTube channel today I am gonna teach
you the difference between present perfect simple and present perfect
continuous present perfect simple and present perfect continuous we studied
these tenses in our previous lessons separately today we are comparing the
two and looking at the similarity and the differences between let's start with
the similarity first example I've lived in Istanbul for 15 years means exactly
the same as I've been living in Istanbul for 15 years the act of living started
in the past and it is still going on verbs like live and work mean exactly
the same when they are used in present perfect simple or present perfect
continuous so this is the similarity what about the difference what's the
difference then let's study that through examples we start with this one I've
been reading your book I started reading it it's not finished and I'm still
reading it so here the focus is on the action and that's why I say I've been
reading your book I've been reading your book in this example on the other hand
I've read the first 50 pages it's awesome the focus is on the result I'm
referring to what is completed right so I say I've read the first 50 pages so
this is the first difference the second difference is that we use non action
verbs with present perfect simple for example we say I have known Andrew for
five years or we say she has had a car since 1995 well we cannot use non action
verbs with present perfect so we cannot say I have been knowing
Andrew that's wrong or she has been having a car is another wrong form right
so non action verbs cannot be used with present perfect continues so this is the
second difference the third one let's have a look at this
example I have worked here for 30 years in this example we refer to a permanent
thing so when you refer to permanent things we use present perfect simple
here I usually work in Istanbul but I have been working in there in is near
for the last three weeks so this one is a temporary situation
yeah it's temporary for a short time so I use present perfect continues to talk
about temporary things are you ready to practice now look at these sentences
complete them using the verbs and brackets and choosing between the two
tenses present perfect simple or present perfect continues let's start we each
other since we were children so the verb is no we have known each other right we
have known each other since we were children this is a non-action verb
remember number two i hous work all day so I have been doing yes I have been
doing housework all day I'm very tired so the focus here is on the
action number three I the verb is B right so I have been a teacher for six
years I have been a teacher the verb be is a non-action verb again so you cannot
use it with ing remember next one it's a question so have waved so let's see have
you been waiting yeah have you been waiting for long next one
five she you need to use the verb play for two hours so she has been playing
computer games for two hours here the focus is on the action next one I then
the verb here is love right so we say I have loved you since the first day we
met love is a non-action verb again so it
goes with present perfect simple the last one what the kitchen is in a mess
so we say what have you done what have you done the kitchen is in a mess the
focus here is on the result so that's why we use present perfect simple
let's practice further with pictures look at the pictures and form sentences
with the prompts given they've been doing grocery shopping for an hour they
have both some fruits and vegetables but they haven't build any meat
he has been working hard all day he has wrapped more than 50 boxes
picture three they've been baking together every weekend they have baked
just one chocolate cake so far picture four he has been making calls all
morning he hasn't returned my call yet picture wife
they've been discussing the layout plan they've made a couple of changes picture
six he has been reading the newspaper he has read the headlines only let's have a
look at today's key words and phrases we have learned the similarities and the
differences between present perfect simple and present perfect continuous
tense they are similar because they both refer to actions that started in the
past and still continuing especially with the verbs like work and leave the
meaning stays the same I've been living in London I've lived in London present
perfect simple focuses on the result yet present perfect continuous focuses on
the action I've been reading your book focuses on the action I've read the
first 50 pages it's awesome focuses on the result present perfect continuous
tense cannot be used with non action verbs verbs like like love no be have
understand and so on we can use present perfect simple to talk about permanent
and we use present perfect continues to talk about temporary things thank you
for watching you can find the practice files for this lesson on the link in
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