Present Perfect Continuos - I have been doing. Ann has been writing letters all day
(quando o interesse é na ação, não importando se a ação tenha sido finalizada ou não)e (quando se quer dizer o tempo que algo vem acontecendo)
Present Perfect Simple - I have done Ann has written ten letters today.
( quando o interesse é no resultado de algo que foi finalizado)e (quando se quer quantificar o quanto nos fizemos, quantas coisas foram feitas ou quantas vezes fizemos)
17.1Exercises
2 - Jimmy is a tennis champion. He began playing tennis when he was 11 years old. Now he has just won the national championship for the fourth time.
(he/play/tennis since he was 11)
- neste caso o importante é o periodo então: He has been playing tennis since he was 11
(he/win/the national championship four times) -
agora o importante é o resultado de ganhar 4 vezes então: He has won the national championship four times
3 - Bill and Andy make films.They started making films together when they left college.
(they /make/films since they left college)
-neste caso o importante é a ação no periodo:They have been making films since they left college
(they/make /ten films since they left college)-
neste caso o importante é a quantidade de filmes então: They have made ten films since they left college.
17.2 This time you have imagine that you are talking to a friend
1 - Your friend is waiting for you . How long have you been waiting for me ?
(periodo de tempo da ação )
2 - Your friend writes books. How many books have you written?
( quantificar os livros )
3 - Your friend writes books. How long have you been writing books.
(tempo que esta ocorrendo de escrever livros)
4 - Your friend plays football for his country. How many times have you played football for your country?.
(quantificar )
17.3 Put the verb into the correct fom, present perfect simple or continuos.
1 - Look!Somebody has broken (break) that window.
( importante foi a ação terminada)
2 - I have been reading
( interesse na ação que tem se repetido)(read) the book you gave me but I haven´t finished
(interesse no resultado da ação que começou no passado e ainda não tem resultado)(not/finish) it
yet.
3 - Sorry I´m late. That´s all right. I haven´t been waiting
(importante é o periodo de tempo) (not/wait)long.
4 - Hello!I have been cleaning
( importante é a ação que esta sendo repetida) (clean)the window. So far I have cleaned
(quantificar as janelas)(clean) five of them and there are two more to do.
5 - There´s a strange smell in here. Have you been cooking
( importante não é a finalização da ação) (you/cook) something?
6 - My brother is an actor. He has appeared
(importante é o resultado de uma ação do passado até o momento presente) (appear) in several films.
