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5 Match sentences 1–3 with the uses of the Present Perfect Simple and Present Perfect Continuous (a–c).

1 I’ve been writing songs all day. I’m exhausted.

2 I’ve written four new songs.

3 I’ve been writing songs since I was sixteen.

a An action that started in the past but is still continuing.

b A past activity that may be continuing. It has a result in the present.

c A finished action.

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Present Perfect Simple and Continuous

We use the Present Perfect Simple to talk about:

• news and recent actions.

We have made a demo CD!

• a finished action if we don’t say exactly when it happened. We may say how many times it happened.

We have already played more than thirty gigs.

We use the Present Perfect Continuous to talk about:

• an action that started in the past but is still continuing.

I have been writing songs since I was sixteen.

• a past activity with a result in the present. It may be continuing.

I have been writing songs all day – I’m exhausted.

We use since to say when the situation started.

We use for to say how long this situation has been true.

Сопоставьте предложения 1-3 с вариантами использования Present Perfect Simple и Present Perfect Continuous (a-c).

Ответ:

1. I've been writing songs all day. I'm exhausted. corresponds to b. A past activity that may be continuing. It has a result in the present.
1. Я писал песни весь день. Я истощен. соответствует b. Прошлое действие, которое, возможно, продолжается. Оно имеет результат в настоящем.

2. I've written four new songs. corresponds to c. A finished action.
2. Я написал четыре новые песни. соответствует c. Завершенное действие.

3. I've been writing songs since I was sixteen. corresponds to a. An action that started in the past but is still continuing.
3. Я пишу песни с шестнадцати лет. соответствует a. Действие, которое началось в прошлом, но все еще продолжается.