Present continuous and 'going to' Verb patterns The present perfect with ‘ever’ and ‘never’ The present perfect with 'for' and 'since' 'What have you been doing?' Learn how to use the present perfect ...

We can use the present perfect continuous to: 1. talk about an activity which started in the past and is still going on now: He has been working here for three years. He started working in McCarthy's ...

Whether teaching or learning the present perfect, it is often useful to present the two verb aspects in a contrastive way. Compare the following: 'Dick Francis has been writing novels since 1957. In ...