Thisis to practise different tenses, namely Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect, Past Simple, and Future Simple. It helps to feel the difference when comparing them. It also helps to understand the usage of the given tenses. This task is useful in classrooms. It is also suitable for individual tutoring and self-practice. Therefore present perfect no longer makes sense. The action can't be concluded, it's part of a rule. So, if the word "always" appears elsewhere in a sentence, you almost always want to use the regular present tense instead. Without it, present perfect is fine (instead of being a rule, it's now commenting on the pattern up until now). 1pt. The sentence of " Present Perfect Continuous Tense" is . My best friend Maya is crying and I have been giving an advice to her. The teacher had not been improving the student skills and the student could passed the test perfectly. Whennot to use the Present Perfect Continuous. We don't use the Present Perfect Continuous tense when we use stative verbs. Stative verbs just mean that there is no action. We often use the Present Perfect Continuous to focus on the action so in this case, it is better to use the Present Perfect Simple. Examples: I have known Peter for 6 years. Thepresent perfect and present perfect continuous tense exercise October 13, 2014 - Complete the following sentences using a present perfect or present perfect continuous tense. 2Present perfect 1Unit A Introduction 1 These two news stories use different tenses. Text (a) uses present perfect (e.g. have spoken, have looked); text (b) uses mostly past simple (e.g. spoke, looked). The important verbs are marked in bold. Why do you think the tenses are different in the two texts? a) b) 2 Organise these phrases into three columns headed used with past simple, used .

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