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present perfect continuous many of you have been asking me teacher Prix
alright I saw your playlist of present perfect how about you talk to us about
present perfect continuous because present perfect continuous is so
difficult well let's talk about it okay very nice moving on just a quick review
because this is a lesson and if you are following my channel every day you know
that every day I'm posting lessons so I have been talking about present perfect
for two months now so there are many lessons in my channel about present
perfect so this is the present perfect review moment I believe reviewing is
important so here's a quick review present perfect well it's a conjugation
like simple past future present but it's a different conjugation and this
conjugation will combine present and past okay now in what situations do we
use present perfect basically and when I say basically it's a very basic
explanation there is a lot of information that you need to know we are
going to use present perfect to describe something that happened in my
past but that for some reason has a consequence in my present
so this past action happened in the past but it has a consequence in my
present when I have this situation when I have an experience that I want to
describe that fits into this situation I need to use present perfect now if you
are a more a beginner a more basic student of course you can use simple
past but as you make progress as you learn more structure and more strategies
in English it's time to use a little bit of present perfect okay in the beginning
as you start using present perfect it's not going to feel so natural I have had
many clients who told me Priscilla I know I'm using present perfect but it
doesn't feel very natural so how long does that take to change well it depends
on how much effort you put in so keep practicing and trying to create
examples because eventually it'll feel a little bit more natural okay awesome now
we can move on and talk about present perfect continuous I like to give that
review because then for people who are new to my channel or watching this
lesson for the first time I have other videos where you get more detailed
explanation about present perfect more examples different uses of present
perfect so this is just a quick review okay because I want to make sure that
people who come here for the first time are not so lost and even you you know I
know you're watching my lessons but it's always good to review now present
perfect continuous is used to show that an action started in the past and has
continued up to the present moment now remember when I said present perfect I
said that an action started in the past and has a consequence in the future
it may be continuing in the present but it also may have just a consequence in
my present now with present perfect continuous although they're very similar
there is this tiny difference you know it may be continuing up to the present
so the perfect continuous the big
difference is the emphasis you give on the duration of the activity on the
amount of time that an action has been taken place you could use present
perfect to do that but you will see that in the examples that I will give you
here you cannot always do that with present perfect because present perfect
continuous will emphasize the duration of activities and it gives that idea of
continuation non stop non-stop activity that keeps
happening it started in the past that's important that continues okay it
started in the past but it continues up to now so up to now the present moment
it's still happening okay as I said here it is also used to describe how long we
have been doing things I will make another video about present continuous
this is the first video of the series present perfect continuous there will be
probably one more or two more videos I haven't decided yet okay let me know in
the comments if you want two videos or if you want just one more teacher make it
clear make it fast just one more video and I will hear you guys out anyways as
I was saying present perfect continuous is very commonly used when we give the
duration of activities that started and are still happening okay for example wow
it's been raining for two hours so what does that mean it started raining two
hours ago and it's still raining it didn't stop so it has continued up to
the present okay so that is a very common way to use present perfect an
activity that started in the past and I want to emphasize that it's continuing
up to now the progress of the activity that started in the past and continues
up to the present time okay so this example it's been raining for two hours
oh my goodness so it started raining two hours ago and then till now up to now
it's still raining okay awesome my friends moving on to the
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great now you will also use present perfect continues these these explanations
are very similar so make sure to repeat this lesson watch it again
pause take notes that's my goal when I make these lessons for you guys okay now
we will also use present perfect continuous to to describe an action an
activity that has very recently just finished and we are more interested in
the results okay so the the activity has very recently finished
I don't know how recently it's not important for me to mention that okay
remember with present perfect I'm not her I am never specific about finished
period of time okay I cannot say that I cannot describe that now mom has been
cooking since last night okay she started last night so that's the
beginning and she has been cooking since last night last night look at the food
on the table mmm it looks delicious so imagine you are with your brother
and it's Christmas everybody's together and then you talk to your brother hey
mom has been cooking since last night look at all this food it's amazing so
this would be a nice way to connect present perfect to a real situation and
here my emphasis is on the result of my mom cooking all night
you know since last night it's been raining and here I don't say at the time
I don't need to always say for how long but my focus is not on the duration but
on the result so if I'm saying this oh it's been raining it's been raining
maybe I'm talking about I'm looking at the streets and the streets are all wet
or maybe there's a flood and oh my god it's chaotic it's been raining a lot
these days so I'm saying these days but it's not
necessary so my focus here I'm more interested in the result of that action
okay so usually when I use present perfect and I don't give so much
emphasis on the duration I don't say Oh for two days for three hours I am more
interested in the results rather than the the duration itself okay awesome
now the structure well the structure is a little bit different and in a way
it's a little bit easier than present perfect because remember with present
perfect I need to use have well subject he/she I you the hospital teacher the
subject have or has plus a verb in the third column the third conjugation but
here I don't I do not use that here I have a difference I will use subject the
person you know he/she it a a subject in general then I will use have or has
after that I need I must I've got to use been okay been what is this been it's a verb
to be in the third column so be in the past is was or were in the third column
been okay so I have been and then another verb the action verb I have been
studying I have been cooking I have been dancing I have been teaching you I have
been what okay the action but now this action will not be in the third column
it'll be with ing in the gerund form okay and after that the complement
anything that you need any combination of words that you need to complete the
idea of your sentence I have been eating what I have been eating a lot of
chocolate these days I have been eating a lot of chocolate all morning oh my god
what do I do so the complement means that any
combination of words that will help you complete the idea of the verb that you
used the action okay some examples here I have been studying all morning and
then I can look at my friend and say why why
have you been studying Oh morning well I have a test this afternoon
so that's why or I have a test tomorrow that's why I have been studying all
morning another example my friend my best friend has been running lately so
here I used has because I'm talking about he she or it in the singular form okay
the third person in the singular form so my best friend could be a he or could be
a she okay so my best friend has been running lately Jack has been running
lately Janet has been running lately I haven't been watching much TV these days
so I'm not really watching a lot of TV I haven't been watching much TV these days
ah teacher Prix is present perfect continuous really necessary yes it's
important okay if this is too complicated for you and I understand
some English learners are in a different position are in a different level so if
that's complicated for you keep studying keep practicing but you have other
alternatives in English that don't require present perfect so if you are
a more basic level it's okay you can use present continuous past continuous
but keep studying so that you can get closer to what native speakers do now
you don't need to be a native speaker or you speak 100% like a native speaker
that's not my goal my goal is to help you get closer to what they do but it's
not a rule it's not a must I want you to be better I want you to communicate more
efficiently that's my goal okay and you can do that slowly gradually respecting
your limitations okay awesome now important there are some verbs that you
cannot use in the continuous form in the present
perfect continuous form okay for example in this case it would be better to use
present perfect present perfect would be okay but present perfect continuous no
not at all want I have been wanting no I've always wanted to live abroad okay
teacher I have always wanted to live abroad I cannot say I have always been
wanting to live abroad mm-hmm doesn't work okay another example another verb
know I cannot use know in the present perfect continuous
ah but th I saw someone using it well you may see it but according to the
rules according to the books you shouldn't okay you can use in the
present perfect form I have known my best friend since college okay so what
is that I I started I met my best friend in college so I have known my best
friend since college so at college I met my best friend and to this day we are
still best friends someone says I have been studying English since 2012
that's awesome that's a good example okay could I say I have studied English
since 2012 it would be okay present perfect would be a little better now if
you paid attention in my previous lessons with present perfect
there are many phrases that you could use with present perfect continuous but
first I need to make sure that you understand present perfect and then I
will give you present perfect continuous so that you can make better choices okay
my friends another verb hearI haven't heard from you in ages
okay so heard the verb hear cannot be used in the present perfect continuous
form you can use present perfect okay understand we have understood all your
requests we have understood all your questions but I cannot say we have been
understanding all your questions because it doesn't make much sense in English to
use this to emphasize the duration of an activity
or you understood or not okay and this is the idea here you cannot use these
verbs in the present perfect continuous form but you can definitely use in in
the present perfect form okay teacher I don't remember the present perfect form
hey check my playlist I have a present perfect playlist that is perfect so
check it out there are several lessons about present perfect now I will include
present perfect continuous in that list I will add this lesson to that list so
it's really complete okay it's going to help you better understand present
perfect continuous okay and hey make sure to subscribe because from Monday to
Friday different lessons now there will be
another lesson where I will get into a little bit more explanation about the
difference between present perfect present continuous some important
questions that are very common with present perfect continuous so that I can
give you more context today was an introduction because I don't want to
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have a question for you guys and I would love to see your answer in the comments
do you think present perfect is important
ah yes or no I hope the answer is yes because I believe present perfect is
super important at the right moment okay you don't need to use it all the time
anyways I would love to see your answer in the comments my friends other than
that have a lovely day are a lovely night and I will see you tomorrow for
another English lesson bye bye