Unit 3

Unit 3

1. Present Perfect Continuos

   • Describe Activities that are still continuing
     • Look at that boy! He has been walking round in circles for ages! What's he doing?
   • To make an excuse, or to express annoyance or emotion
     • Sorry I'm late. I've been waiting for jane. You've been talking on the phone for hours!

2. Present Perfect Simple AND Continuos

   • To describe activities that have just Finished. But choose the present perfect continius if there are result in the present
     • I have been rushing about all morning. I'm exhausted
   • Use with
     • SINCE
       • I've had this watch SINCE 2010
     • FOR
       • She's been there FOR five days

3. Present Perfect Simple

   • To describe very shorts actions
     • She's fallen on the ground
   • Use to say how much, or how many times, you have done something
     • He's won the competition four times

4. Present Perfect

   • To talk about general experiences and actions in the past that link to the present
     • He has won first prize
   • Use FOR and SINCE to talk about duration. Use SINCE to refer to a specific moment and FOR to refer to a period of time
     • She has lived here SINCE 2009. We have been in England FOR five months
   • Use to talk about the recent past when it is still related to the present
     • SO FAR
       • Use SO FAR to say 'unitil now'
         • They've taken part in three competitions SO FAR
     • YET
       • Use YET if you are expecting something to happen
         • He hasn't got home YET
     • ALREADY
       • Use ALREADY to say 'sooner than expected'
         • I've ALREADY spoken to Julia
     • ALMOST
       • Use ALMOST to say something is nearly completed
         • I've ALMOST finished the book
     • JUST
       • Use JUST to say 'a short time ago
         • Jon has JUST arrived