1. Home
  2. Education
  3. English as 2nd Language

English Tip of the Day: 116 Present Perfect (Continuous)

By , About.com Guide

Tip of the Day:

Present Perfect (Continuous)

Usage Tip

We tend to use the present perfect continuous to describe the duration of a current activity happening at the moment. On the other hand, the present perfect is used to describe states or more general activity.

Example Sentences

He's lived here for over twenty years.
They've been playing golf since 10 this morning.

Quiz of the Day - What were you doing?:

Dialogue for roleplay with follow up multiple choice quiz. This reading focuses on the combined use of the past continuous and past simple.

What were you doing?

English Worksheet of the Day - Capitalization Rules :

Here is a detailed guide to capitalization rules especially created for ESL students. Each rule contains a number of examples.

Capitalization Rules

More Tips of the Day:

Yesterday's Tip of the Day

Tomorrow's Tip of the Day

Explore English as 2nd Language

About.com Special Features

Dinosaur Discoveries of the Decade

The top 10 fossil discoveries between 2000 and 2010. More >

How to Ace the GRE

Being well prepared is the first step; here are more essential suggestions. More >

  1. Home
  2. Education
  3. English as 2nd Language

©2010 About.com, a part of The New York Times Company.

All rights reserved.