Present Perfect vs Present Perfect Progressive

Teaching points

• • Present perfect:
• • completed result with present relevance
• • life experience
• • states continuing to now
• • Present perfect progressive:
• • duration/activity continuing to now
• • recent activity with visible evidence
• • emphasis on "how long"
• • STEP traps:
• • stative verbs normally use present perfect, not progressive.
• • "How many?" often points to completed quantity; "How long?" to duration.

المضارع التام للنتيجة أو الخبرة أو الحالة المستمرة حتى الآن. المضارع التام المستمر للمدة أو النشاط المستمر أو أثر نشاط حديث. أفعال الحالة تستخدم غالباً present perfect وليس progressive.

Practice

Answer the 3 questions, then check — أجب عن الأسئلة الثلاثة ثم تحقق

1. 1. I _____ in Jeddah for ten years. A. have been living B. am living C. had lived D. live since
2. 2. Riyadh _____ the capital of Saudi Arabia since 1932. A. has been being B. is being C. has been D. was being
3. 3. How many reports _____ this week? A. have you completed B. have you been completing C. do you complete D. are you completing since