Mary is reading some letters. put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect continuous or the present perfect simple. a) i’m planning to buy a new house. i 1) …have been looking … (look) for one or two months now. so far i 2) ………………………….. (look) at ten houses, but i 3) ………………………………… (not/find)
one i like. b) my spanish lessons are going very well. i 1) ……………………….. (learn) spanish for five months now and i love it. i 2) …………………………….. (already/learn) a lot. c) john 1) ……………………. (be) very busy recently. he 2) ……………………… (paint) the living-room and the bedrooms, but he 3) ………………….………
(not/start) painting the kitchen yet.
To form the present perfect continuous, we use "have been" + verb+ing. In this case, the verb is "look."
I have been looking at ten houses, but I have not found one I like.
To form the present perfect simple, we use "have" + past participle. In this case, the past participle of "find" is "found."
b) I have been learning Spanish for five months now and I love it.
To form the present perfect continuous, we use "have been" + verb+ing. In this case, the verb is "learn."
I have already learned a lot.
To form the present perfect simple, we use "have" + past participle. In this case, the past participle of "learn" is "learned."
c) John has been very busy recently.
To form the present perfect continuous, we use "has been" + verb+ing. In this case, the verb is "be."
He has been painting the living-room and the bedrooms, but he has not started painting the kitchen yet.
To form the present perfect simple, we use "has" + past participle. In this case, the past participle of "start" is "started."