Friday 23 May 2014

PPS OR PPC?

Both tenses are used to express that an action began in the past and is still going on or has just finished. In many cases, both forms are correct, but there is often a difference in meaning:

We use the Present Perfect Simple mainly to express that an action is completed or to emphasise the result. 

We use the Present Perfect Progressive to emphasise the duration or continuous course of an action.

Result or duration?

Do you want to express what has happened so far or how long an action has been going on yet?
Present Perfect SimplePresent Perfect Progressive
Result (what / how much / how often)
I have written 5 letters. 
I have read  10 books. 
Duration (how long)
I have been writing for an hour
I have been reading for days 


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Monday 19 May 2014

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE OR CONTINUOUS?

READ THE DIALOGUE AND COMPLETE USING THE CORRECT TENSE:

Robin: I think the waiter (forget)­­­­_____  us. We (wait)______  here for over half an hour and nobody (take)  our order yet.

Michele: I think you're right. He (walk)______  by us at least twenty times. He probably thinks we (order, already)________ .

Robin: Look at that couple over there, they (be, only)_______  here for five or ten minutes and they already have their food.

Michele: He must realize we (order, not)________  yet! We (sit)________  here for over half an hour staring at him.

Robin: I don't know if he (notice, even)________  us. He (run)_______  from table to table taking orders and serving food.


Michele: That's true, and he (look, not) ________ in our direction once.