Present Perfect Simple And Continuous

Question 1

We use the present perfect simple to talk about past experience when we don’t say when something happened

Answer 1

Have you ever been to the US

Question 2

We use the present perfect simple with just, yet and already

Answer 2

I’ve just called the ambulance but it hasn’t arrived yet

Question 3

We use the present perfect simple with superlative or the ordinal

Answer 3

It’s the best book I’ve ever read

Question 4

We use the present perfect simple for finished actions which have present results

Answer 4

My computer has crashed
Look it has started snowing

Question 5

We use the present perfect simple with non-action verbs to say something started in the past and is still true now

Answer 5

I’ve known her since I was a child

Question 6

We use the present perfect simple when we say or ask how much/many we have done or how often we have done something up to now

Answer 6

How many novels have you read?
They’ve seen each other twice this week

Question 7

We use the present perfect continuous with action verb (run, listen, study) to say that an action started in the past and is still happening now

Answer 7

How long have you been waiting to see the doctor

Question 8

We use the present perfect continuous for repeated actions, especially with a time expression eg. all day, recently

Answer 8

It has been raining all day

Question 9

We use the present perfect continuous gor continuous action which have just finished but which has present results

Answer 9

I’ve been shopping all morning, I’m exhausted