THE PRESENT PERFECT CONTINOUOS AND

PRESENT PERFECT TENSEGroup: 3Merina Mandalasari 1205329Elfida Suryani 1205330Jannet Aurora 1205331

Present perfect continuous is used to

describe an action in progress that started

in the past and continues in the future. The

action is not yet complete. It tells how long

the action has been in progress.

The present continuous tense (I was doing)

Yesterday Tom and Jim played tennis. They began at 10 o’clock and finished at 11 o’clock.

We use the past continuous to say that someone was in the middle of doing something at a certain time. The action or situation had already started before this time but hadn’t finished.

The past continuous does not tell us whether an action was finished or not. Perhaps it was finished, perhaps not.

Tom was cooking the dinner.He was in the middle of cooking the dinner

and we don’t know whether he finished cooking it.

We often use the past continuous (I was doing) and the past simple (I did) together to say that something happened in the middle of something else.

Tom burnt his hand when he was cooking the dinner.

I saw Jim in the park. He was sitting on the grass and reading a book.

Present perfect tense is used to express an

action that started in the past and still

happening.

The present perfect tense(I have done)

Tom is looking for his key. He cant find it. (He has lost his key)

“He has lost his key” means that he lost it a short time ago and still hasn’t got it.

We form the present perfect with have/has +past participle. The past participle

often ends in -ed (opened, decided) but many important verbs are irregular (lost, written, done, etc.)

When we use the present perfect there is a connection with the present.

I’ve lost my key. (I haven’t got it now)Oh dear, I’ve forgotten her name. (I can’t

remember it now)

You can use the present perfect with just (a short time ago)

No thanks, I’ve just had lunch.Hello, have you just arrived?

You can use the present perfect with already to say that something has happened sooner than expected.

Don’t forget to post the letter, will you?I’ve already posted it.

The difference between gone to and been to.

Ann is on holiday. She has gone to Italy. ( She is there now or she is on her way there.)

Tom is back in England now. He has been to Italy. (He was there but now he has come back.)