The Present Perfect (+ Continuous) Tense Made Easy!

This is a tense I get asked about all the time! "How do I use the present perfect?" "When do I use the present perfect continuous?" So, here you are- a fun video explaining what these tenses are and how/when to use them!
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So what is the difference in the meaning between “I have lived here for years” and “I have been living here for years” (if there was such a thing)? I've been enjoying your videos. Looking forward to your next video with a new mic ❤️

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"I have lived here for years." - - you no longer live here and have just moved to another house or city, etc., but you want to say you have an experience of living "here". This emphasises "the experience of where" you have lived. "I have been living here for years." - - According to the context of your sentence, the meaning could be either of below: 1. You may be still living here or have just moved to another house or city, etc., but you want to say that you "spent years" here. This emphasises "the time you spent" for living here. 2. You live here for few days or weeks only, like having holiday. You repeat this for years and you will continue to repeat until you stop this one day. More information may be needed to clarify which idea you would like to express. Hope this is helpful 🙂

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@@gplaysze2992 Thank you for your clarification. Although I'm still not sure if I could use it correctly or naturally in a real situation. Maybe it takes time to develop a sense of using these tenses. But I appreciate your help.

[@soonyatologan]

@@gplaysze2992 If I’m currently living here and I want to emphasise “how long” I have been living here. It feels natural for me to say “I have been living here for 10 years”. However, given the exact same context, now if I say “I have lived here for 10 years”, it sounds unnatural for me. But I just can't figure out why should it be wrong grammatically.

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@@soonyatologan Actually, the examples you have given, both in present perfect simple and present perfect continuous are grammatically correct. According to Oxford dictionary, you can use either of them for expressing the time line / time point idea (how long) . If you really want to know the slight difference between the tenses, you may also focus on other ideas of tense usage. One of the usages of Perfect tenses is expressing "Cause and Effect". Normally, perfect simple is used for emphasizing the effect / result. Perfect continuous is used for emphasizing the cause / process. In my own way, first, I pick the most important idea to stress it in one sentence. Then, I normally will know which tense I should use. Hope this is helpful 🙂

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@@gplaysze2992 Thank you so much for taking the time to clarify. It is indeed very helpful.

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past simple vs past perfect: why I've been .... since you left and not since you have left?

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Because the ‘leaving’ is a finished event in the past. He left in the past and that is something that is done and finished, so we use the past simple. ‘Since you left’. However, the thinking about him continues now, so we use the present perfect, ‘I have been thinking’. Hope that helps!

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@@smashingenglish hi i hope you are doing greate I have one question i'll be thankful if you answer it question is why i have been thinking in the last week Isn't last week a specific time ?or it's not important for present perfect continues? Thank you❤

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OK. But what's the difference between Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continious?

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what is the difference in meaning between "I also sold the car" and "I have also sold the car "

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The first thing you might want to do could be explaining your students that "Present Perfect" is not present, and "Perfect Continuous" is not perfect. These tenses were named by a huge mistake which virtually made it impossible to comprehend them.

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