All or every? All or whole? Allow , permit or let? Almost or nearly? Alone , lonely , or lonesome? Along or alongside? Already , still or yet? Also , as well or too? Alternate ly , alternative ly Although or though? Altogether or all together? Amount of , number of or quantity of? Any more or anymore? Anyone , anybody or anything? Apart from or except for? Arise or rise? Around or round? Arouse or rouse?
As or like? As , because or since? As , when or while? Been or gone? Begin or start? Beside or besides? Between or among? Born or borne? Bring , take and fetch Can , could or may? Classic or classical? Come or go? Consider or regard? Consist , comprise or compose? Content or contents? Different from , different to or different than? Do or make? Down , downwards or downward? During or for? Each or every? East or eastern ; north or northern? Economic or economical?
Efficient or effective? Elder , eldest or older , oldest? End or finish? Especially or specially? Except or except for? Expect , hope or wait? Experience or experiment? Fall or fall down? Far or a long way? Farther , farthest or further , furthest? I have been knowing Peter for 6 years. I have liked Bob Dylan since I was I have been liking Bob Dylan since I was When to use the Present Perfect Simple 1. When the situation is more permanent I have lived with my parents for 5 years.
I have been living with my parents. When we want to emphasize the result and how that affects the present I have cleaned the car. I have seen Star Wars 6 times. When to use the Present Perfect Continuous 1. Can you cook dinner? I have been working hard all day! English Solved. Please log in or register to add a comment. Best answer. Your answer. Your name to display optional :. Email me at this address if my answer is selected or commented on: Email me if my answer is selected or commented on.
Privacy: Your email address will only be used for sending these notifications. Anti-spam verification:. These facts in the examples above tend to be long-term. However, we tend to use the present perfect continuous to emphasise the fact that an event or activity has been happening over a period of time that is relatively short-term. Compare the long-term, which could be either present perfect or present perfect continuous:.
However, if we want show the fact that we've actually been playing we could have just stopped or still be playing , then we use the continuous:. Another difference between the present perfect and the present perfect continuous is when we want to show whether something is completed or not.
The continuous tense shows that it is not completed. This is similar to the previous one, but it shows the continuous form can be used to show that something is repeated:. State verbs are those that represent a state of mind, such as thinking, knowing, wanting, seeing etc. Though there are some we can use in the present perfect continuous tenses, generally most are cannot be used in the continuous tense and so they are only used with the present perfect:.
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