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Present Perfect Tense | Present Perfect Continuous Tense |
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Grammar rules for the present prefect tense:Subject + Auxiliary verb (has/have) + Auxiliary verb (been) + Main verb (past participle) The main verb uses the verb form past participle/V3. Negative sentences - "not" is added between the Auxiliary Verb and the main verb Questions - the auxiliary verb comes before the subject. | Grammar rules for the present prefect continuous tense:Subject + Auxiliary verb (has/have) + Auxiliary verb (been) + Main verb-ing The auxiliary verb "to be" always stays in the V3/past participle form (been). - ing to added to the base form the main verb. Negative statements - add "not" between the auxiliary verb "have" and the the auxiliary verb "been". Questions - the order is change the order the auxiliary verb "have" comes before the subject. |
The result is more important than the activity itself e.g. I have walked the dog. | The activity is more important than the result. e.g. I have been walking the dog. |
To state the amount of times an action took place e.g. She has won this competition every year since 1999. | To state the length of time or to state "how long" the action took place. e.g. I have been walking the dog all morning. |
Used for actions that are naturally instant e.g. Oh no! I’ve broken a glass. | Used for actions that naturally have a duration e.g. I have been walking the dog all morning. |
Used for past actions that happened recently and are still in the news e.g. She has won a medal. | Used for actions that continue into the present e.g. I have been walking the dog all morning. |
Used to emphasize completion of an action e.g. I have walked the dog. | Used to emphasize the action, not the completion e.g. I have been walking the dog. |
Used to express that an action is completed or to emphasize the result. e.g. I have walked the dog. | Used to emphasize the duration or continuous course of an action. e.g. I have been walking the dog all morning. |
VERBS | NOUN | ADJECTIVE | ADVERB |
enable | ability | able unable | ably |
absence absentee | absent | ||
accident | accidental | ||
accommodate | accommodation | ||
acknowledge | acknowledgement | ||
act | action activity activist actress actor | active inactive | |
activate | activation | ||
add | addition additive | additional additive | |
adequacy inadequacy | adequate inadequate | ||
admire | admiration | admirable | admirably |
advantage disadvantage | advantageous disadvantageous | ||
advertise | advertisement advertiser | ||
admit | admission admittance | ||
adopt | adoption | ||
advise | advice advisability | advisable inadvisable | advisably inadvisably |
affection | affectionate unaffectionate | ||
affect | effect | effective ineffective | |
agree disagree | agreement disagreement | agreeable disagreeable | agreeably disagreeably |
alcohol | alcoholic | alcoholically | |
allow | allowance | ||
ambition | ambitious | ||
amuse | amusement | ||
annoy | annoyance | ||
excite | excitement | ||
anxiety | anxious | ||
apologize | apology | apologetic | apologetically |
appear disappear | appearance disappearance | apparent | apparently |
applaud | applause applauder | ||
apply | application applicant | applicable | applicably |
appoint | appointment | ||
appreciate | appreciation | appreciative | |
approve disapprove | approval disapproval | ||
argue | argument argumentation | arguable argumentative | arguably |
arrange | arrangement | ||
arrive | arrival | ||
assist | assistance | ||
associate | association | ||
assume | assumption | ||
astonish | astonishment | ||
attend | attendance | ||
attention | attentive | ||
attract | attraction attractiveness unattractiveness | attractive unattractive | |
avoid | avoidance | avoidable unavoidable | avoidably unavoidably |