Present Perfect Continuous vs Present Perfect - Learn English Tenses (Lesson 3)

Hello, everyone. You're back with me new at Anglo-link. This is the third video in our learning the tenses series

Olá a todos

Estamos de volta ao Anglo-link

Este é o terceiro vídeo em nossa série Learning the Tenses

If you haven't watched the first two videos you may want to go and watch them first

Se você não assistiu aos dois vídeos anteriores, talvez você prefira assistí-los primeiro

In this third video. I'm going to help you understand the differences between

Neste terceiro video irei ajudá-lo a identificar as diferenças

entre o Present Perfect Continuous "I have been doing"

Present perfect continuous, "I have been doing" and present perfect simple "I have done"

e o Present Perfect Simple "I have done"

When you're ready we can get started.

Quando estiver pronto

podemos começar

Right then

Temos então o Present Perfect Continuous e o Present Perfect

Present perfect continuous and present perfect

Let's look at the formulation of the two tenses

Vamos ver a conjugação destes dois tempos verbais

In the previous video we looked at how to formulate present perfect continuous

No video anterior vimos como conjugar o Present Continuous, lembrando

Let's remind you

I have been playing tennis

So the verb "to be" conjugated

temos o verbo "to be" conjugado no Present Perfect

in the present perfect and then the main verb with "ing"

e o verbo principal na forma "ing"

You have been playing tennis

He/she has been playing

We, you and they have been playing

vejamos o Present Perfect

Let's look at present perfect

no continuous

saiba que o Continuous é o verbo have + participle

So it's just the verb "have" and the participle:

I have played tennis

Easy

You have played tennis

He/she has played

We, you and they have played

Right let's look at usage

certo, vejamos como usá-lo

First a reminder: When we use the present perfect continuous,

Primeiro, lembremo-nos quando usar o Present Perfect Continuous

action that started in the past and is still in progress

For example:

I've been studying all morning

I've been doing the exercises since 11 o'clock

He has been driving for five hours

Let's look at some examples of the present perfect and how they are different from the ones

vejamos alguns exemplos do Present Perfect

e como eles são diferentes dos que acabamos de ver

You've just looked at

So

então,

The present perfect refers to a completed action

o Present Perfect refere-se a uma ação concluida

An action that's complete at the time of speaking. It's not going on anymore

uma ação que já foi concluida no momento da fala

não ocorre mais

Look at the first example:

veja o primeiro exemplo

I've studied three sections until now

Let's look at the two sentences together:

observe as duas sentenças juntas

So

I've been studying all morning

que significa,

that means

você começou esta manhã e continua estudando

You started this morning, and you're still studying

Within this time you have completed, you have finished three sections

neste periodo você completou, terminou três seções

Now this is present perfect:

I've studied three sections until now

Next example

próximo exemplo

I've already done half of the exercises

Let's look at the present perfect continuous:

vejamos no Present Perfect Continuous

I've been doing the exercises since 11:00

So you started at 11:00, and you are still doing the exercises

então você iniciou as 11:00 e continua a fazer os exercícios

But within this time you have already finished half of them

já neste outro tempo verbal você já terminou metade deles

Present perfect:

I've already done half of the exercises

And the last example:

e no último exemplo

He has driven 500 kilometers so far

Look at the continuous form:

observe na forma do Continuous

He has been driving for five hours

He is still driving

ele continua dirigindo

Within this time he has completed 500 kilometers of driving

neste outro tempo verbal ele completou

um percurso de 500 kilometros

By the way, so far is a synonym for until now

so far é um sinonimo de until now

Let's look at the timelines now to make it perfectly clear for you

observemos agora a linha do tempo para clarificar perfeitamente

What the difference is between the two tenses are

quais são as diferenças entre os dois tempos verbais

Right

certo, esta é a linha do tempo para o Present Perfect Continuous

Here is the timeline for present perfect continuos

An action that started in the past

uma ação que inicia-se no passado

Has been going on until now

e continua até o presente

It's still going on

e deve seguir por algum tempo

and will go on for a while

Remember that you can refer to this tense with these two words since and for

lembre-se que você pode se referir a este tempo verbal com essas duas palavras

Since indicates the exact time that the action started in the past

since indica o exato momento em que a ação iniciou-se no passado

And for tells us how long the action has been going on

e for nos informa por quanto tempo a ação está acontecendo

Let's have a look at the timeline for the present perfect, and you will see that it will look very very different

vejamos a linha do tempo do Present Perfect

e você poderá observar como são bem diferentes

Here's an action that happened in the past

Aqui, temos uma ação que aconteceu no passado

It's a completed action at some point in the past

uma ação concluida em algum ponto do passado

we don't know exactly when or we don't want to say exactly when

que nós não sabemos extamente quando, ou não desejamos dizer exatamente quando

What's important is that the action is complete

o que importa é que a ação está concluida neste momento da fala

now at the time of speaking

Right then

Let's look at some common mistakes

bem, vejamos alguns erros comuns

You may say or hear I have waited for half an hour

você pode dizer ou ouvir

Because you're still waiting

The action is still going on. You should use the present perfect continuous

a ação ainda ocorre

você deve usar o Present Perfect Continuous

I have been waiting for half an hour

The action is not complete yet

a ação ainda não foi concluída

Let's look at another example:

vejamos outro exemplo

You may hear or say he has slept since 9 o'clock

você pode ouvir ou dizer

Once again because the action is going on, is still in progress. He is still sleeping

novamente, como a ação ainda acontece, ele ainda dorme

We should be using the present perfect continuous

devemos usar o Present Perfect Continuous

He has been sleeping since nine o'clock

Sometimes you may make the reverse mistake

algumas vezes você pode cometer o erro inverso

For example you may hear or say:

por exemplo,

você pode ouvir ou dizer

Has been snowing twice this week

Now the word twice

a palavra twice significa duas vezes

means two times

Indicates two finished completed actions

indica duas ações concluídas

It snowed once, stopped. Is snowed again and stopped

nevou uma vez e parou, nevou novamente e parou

It's not snowing at the moment

não está nevando neste momento

Therefore we need to use the present perfect

portanto, devemos usar o Present Perfect

It has snowed twice this week

One last example to make sure you really got the difference between these two

um último exemplo para ter certeza que você entendeu a diferença entre os dois

você pode dizer

You may say:

She has been writing many books

It's okay to say she has been writing for many years. She is a writer

está correto dizer

But to say the number of books she has already written

mas, para dizer quantos livros ela já escreveu

referring to completed books

referindo-se a livros concluídos

You need to use the present perfect

você precisa usar o Present Perfect

She has written many books

Right

certo,

That's it for our third video

este é um assunto para um outro vídeo

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espero que tenha achado este vídeo útil

como você sabe, pode visitar nosso website

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To read the explanations and do the exercises that will help you review this point

ler as explicações e fazer os exercícios que irão ajudá-lo a revisar este ponto

Thank you very much for watching and I'll see you in the next video. Bye now

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