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    The PRESENT PERFECT Simple and Continous

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    The document discusses the difference between the present perfect simple and present perfect continuous tenses in English. The present perfect simple is used to focus on the result of an action or how often it occurred. The present perfect continuous emphasizes that an action started in the past and stresses how long it has been ongoing. Examples are provided for each tense.

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    The document discusses the difference between the present perfect simple and present perfect continuous tenses in English. The present perfect simple is used to focus on the result of an action or how often it occurred. The present perfect continuous emphasizes that an action started in the past and stresses how long it has been ongoing. Examples are provided for each tense.

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    Grammar to explain the present perfect tenses

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    The document discusses the difference between the present perfect simple and present perfect continuous tenses in English. The present perfect simple is used to focus on the result of an action or how often it occurred. The present perfect continuous emphasizes that an action started in the past and stresses how long it has been ongoing. Examples are provided for each tense.

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    The PRESENT PERFECT Simple and Continous

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    The document discusses the difference between the present perfect simple and present perfect continuous tenses in English. The present perfect simple is used to focus on the result of an action or how often it occurred. The present perfect continuous emphasizes that an action started in the past and stresses how long it has been ongoing. Examples are provided for each tense.

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    THE PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE vs.

    THE PRESENT PERFECT CONTINOUS

    THEY ARE NOT MERELY CLEVER NAMES:


    PRESENT as the activity is somehow relevant to-day PERFECT as the activity itself has been completed

    THE PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE is used when you want to focus on:
    THE RESULT OF THE ACTION Or HOW OFTEN IT HAS TAKEN PLACE

    Examples:
    I have told you many times before: stop nicking Guilios shoes! I have told you many times before: stop nicking Guilios shoes!

    How often it has taken place

    THE RESULT
    I have sent Luca up to the managers room. I have sent Luca up to the managers room. The result of the action

    THE PRESENT PERFECT CONTINOUS is used when you want to stress that:
    The action STARTED SOMEWHERE IN THE PAST Or HOW LONG IT TOOK FROM THE START UNTIL NOW

    Examples:
    I have been trying to explain this for weeks.

    I have been trying to explain this for weeks.


    How long the activity has been going on

    I have been waiting for you. I have been waiting for you. The action started somewhere in the past.

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