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Allison Jara Spanish

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PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOS
- STRUCTURE
  - Have/has + been + verb + -ing.
  - Positive
    - Subject+have/has+been+verb+ing+object
      - She has been studying in the library for three hours.
    - Negative
      - Subject+have/has+not+been+verb+ing+object
        We have not been playing tennis.
      - Interrogative
        Have/has+subject+been+verb+ing+object+?
        Have he been doing the exam?
- USES
  - Unfinished actions and states (duration)
    - With action verbs
      - Ex: He has been swimming since he was 4.
  - Recent past actions with present results
    - When doing an activity has a result now:
      - Ex: Susan is angry because she's been studying all night.
  - New habits and repeated actions
    - To describe repeated activities which started recently
      - Ex: I've been assembling a lot of jigsaw puzzles lately.
- DEFINITION
  - Shows that something started in the past and is continuing at the present time.
PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE
- DEFINITION
  - Refers to an action that either occurred at an indefinite time in the past or began in the past and continued to the present time.
- STRUCTURE
  - Subject + auxiliary verb "have" or "has" + past participle
  - Positive
    - Subject + have/has + been + [verb + -ing] + object
      - There has been an accident
    - Negative
      - Subject + have/has + not + been + [verb + -ing] +object
        We haven't seen her today
      - Interrogative
        Have/has + subject + been + [verb + -ing] + object + ?
        Have they been to see the soccer match?
- USES
  - Recent past actions with present results
    - When completing an action has a result now
      - Ex: I've just cooked dinner, we can eat later when your brother arrives.
  - Unfinished actions and states (duration)
    - With a state verb
      - Ex: We've looked two dogs since we moved house in 2015.