Present Perfect Simple VS Present Perfect Continuous

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE
VS

PRESENT PERFECT
CONTINUOUS

Prepared by:Nurul Ain Binti Ismail
Class:3A1
Date:30/5/2021

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE

● We use Present Perfect Simple when we talk about something that happened in the past
and has a result that affects the present.

● We also use the Present Perfect Simple when we don’t know or we don’t say when
something happened in the past.

● It is also used to say how many times something happened.

SPELLING:

● Walk-->walked,dance-->danced,travel-->travelled,tidy-->tidied,play-->played

● EXAMPLES:
● The Scientist has studied global warming since 2001.
● Biologist have found new marine species.
● The museum has just closed for the day.

ANOTHER EXAMPLE:

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

● We use Present Perfect Continuous for actions that started in the past and are still in
progress now or have happened repeatedly until now.

● We also you use the Present Perfect Continuous for actions that happened repeatedly
in the past and have finished recently,but that have results that affect the present.

● It is also used to emphasise how long actions have been in progress for.

SPELLING:

● make-->making,swim-->swimming,study-->studying,cook-->cooking

● EXAMPLES:
● The team of biologist has been searching for new species in the Amazon.
● My eyes hurt because I have been working on the computer for hours.
● Her brother has been researching global warming for a decade.

ANOTHER EXAMPLE:

EXERCISE :

B Match each sentence with one use of the Present Perfect Simple.

a) Action that have finished --> 2
b) Experiences and achievements-->1
c) Actions that happened in the past but have results that affect the present-->3
d) Actions that happened at an indefinite time in the past.-->4

D Match each sentence with one use of the Present Perfect Continuous.

a) For actions that began in the past and are still in progress or have happened repeatedly until
now-->2

b) For actions that happened for a period of time and have finished,but that have results that
affect the present-->1

c) To emphasise how long actions have been in progress for-->3

E Choose the correct answers.

1. Many explorers have been to the North Pole.
2. Nobody is here. They have going to find new species in the rainforest.
3. Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay got to the top of Mount Everest almost 60 years

ago.
4. Kate has been studying endangered species for ten years.
5. He has been collecting fossils since he was student.

F Circle the correct words.

1. Animal conservation has become more important in the last 100 years.
2. Climate change has caused many glaciers to melt.
3. The Giant Panda has been an endangered species for years.
4. The puppy has been drinking milk from a bottle for two months.
5. The fisherman has been catching 50 kilos of fish since yesterday.
6. The scientists haven’t finished their research yet.

G Complete the text with the correct form of the Present Perfect Simple,the Present Perfect Continuous
or the Past Simple of the verbs in brackets.

Icebergs

The word ‘icebergs’ probably comes from the Norwegian word ‘isberg’ ,which means ‘ice mountain’ . Every year about
10,000-15,000 icebergs form around the world.Although modern ships know where icebergs are now,in the past
icebergs (1) has been (be) one of the biggest dangers in the sea.The famous Titanic (2) have been sinking (sink) when it
hit an iceberg in 1912 and many people (3) has died (die).Because of this accident,thirteen countries (4) (form) the
International Ice Patrol in 1914.This organisation (5) have been giving (give) information to ships about icebergs ever
since.

Biologists (6) has studied (study) icebergs for a long time to find out how they change sea life.When an iceberg
melts,nutrients go into the sea.Recently,scientist (7) has showed (show) that the water near icebergs is full of
plankton,fish and other sea life.

Scientists (8) has noticed (notice) the way icebergs fall to pieces when they are in warmer waters.One of the biggest
icebergs (9) has broke (break) off from the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica in 2000.It was 295km long and 37km wide!