Present Perfect vs. Present Progressive

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Present Perfect vs.Present Progressive
Review experiences with present perfect relate
activities in present progressive.
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Is it an experience or a situation?

• Present Perfect
• For experience
• The students have learned how to use their
  computers.
• They already have memorized their log-ins.

• Present Progressive
• For temporary events
• However, the students are learning vocabulary.
• Therefore, they still are memorizing lots of new
  words.

Can you see the difference between experience and
temporary events?
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Temporary situations are progressive.

• Use progressive to question about now.
• Use do, sit, study, go, and hope.
• __ you __ English now?
• What __ Abdul __ today?
• Where __ you __ after class?
• Why __ all the students __ down?
• Who __ Joe __ to meet?

What is the dad planning to do?
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Experience questions are perfect.

• Use perfect to ask about experience
• Use finish, enter, live, study,
• How many years __ you __ English?
• How much school __ you __?
• Where __ Gloria __ before here?
• Why __ Tomas entered college?

Does the fortune cookie tell the mans
experience?
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For ongoing experience, use present perfect
progressive.

• Use present perfect progressive for ongoing
  experiences.
• It is difficult to drive the car because the wind
  has been blowing hard all day.
• Ted has been looking for the perfect job for
  almost a year.
• How long have you been studying English?

What kind of birthday experience is the woman in
the picture having?
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Present Perfect Progressive

• Use it for repeated actions started past.
• Use hit, throw, jump
• The football players __ each other hard.
• The baseball players __ the ball.
• The basketball players __ for the ball.

What kind of experience is the woman pictured
having?
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• Read the counter clock in the black box above.
• How many seconds has the counter been on?
• It __ on for ___ seconds.

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If the bank blew up at midnight, and it is now
ten oclock, how long has money been
falling?Money has been falling for __
hours.Money __ since __ .
View another example of present perfect
progressive.
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Present Perfect Progressive

• Use it for actions that have stopped recently and
  we can see a sign from that action.
• Kelly has been working all night with the report.
  
• Means the report isnt completed and she looks
  tired.
• 2. It has been raining.
• Means its not raining, but the ground still is
  wet.

Does Kelly need a new job?
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• Present perfect is for experience
• It is about how many times someone has done
  something
• She has cooked and cleaned all day.
• We have met twice a week for two months.
• The students have learned a lot this semester.

• Present progressive is ongoing
• It is about what is happening currently and
  temporarily
• How long have you been online?
• I have been reading online for an hour.
• The student has been reading a lot.

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Can you use the right verb tense?

• Where are the students go___?
• How many years have you stud___?
• When is Maria com___ to class?
• How much have you prepare__ for the vocabulary
  quizzes?
• After you finish college, what job are you go___
  to do?

Has Phillip had a good day at school?
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Can you use academic words?

• Words administration, authority, consistent,
  indicate, and previous.
• Are your quiz scores __ or not?
• Does a president have much __?
• Can you __ the meaning of core?
• In which city was your __ home?
• Which city has the __ of the US?

Have you learned the vocabulary yet?