what is the difference between present
perfect simple and present perfect
continuous so the super short answer is
this so in this example we’ve got
continuous I have been living in London
for a year and in simple I have lived in
London for a year
both of these mean the same thing both
of them mean you still live in London
now it still continues now and the
length of time is one year but let’s
remove that time period and you’ll see
something crazy I’m lying it’s not crazy
but it is interesting I promise without
the time period now they don’t mean the
same thing
continuous actually that doesn’t matter
with a time period or without continuous
means it’s still happening now so we it
doesn’t matter about the time period too
much with simple with a time period it
means it still continues without the
time period that’s the same as any other
present perfect simple sentence I have
been to New York
I have eaten sushi I have met someone
famous it’s an experience in your life
in the past which has finished but we
don’t have more information you’ll
remember from the previous videos why is
my voice doing this another example
another example another example
I think another example in both of these
cases they mean something different
right in this case present perfect
simple Taylor Swift has dated him we
know that in the past it happened it’s
finished they dated we don’t know when
we don’t know specific details we just
know she has that experience of dating
him but in continuous Taylor Swift has
been dating him now you know the
difference right that’s still continuing
if we say this so be very careful you
want to say it’s finished and it just
happened nothing more you simple if you
want to say it’s still continuing use
continuous if there’s no time period if
you want at a time period
for example for two years now it doesn’t
matter
both of these mean it’s still continuing
now this is the same example as we saw
in the previous video
remember the examples I have studied I
have been studying or I have worked
I have been working if you add a time
period they all mean the same thing but
without the time period then you see the
difference in questions if you ask the
length of time again it’s the same
you’re mentioning a length of time in a
question how long have you blah blah
blah how long have you been blah blah
blah in they both mean still continuing
so practice questions for you write your
answers in the comments 1 have you ever
lived in London do you still live in
London now if so how long have you been
living in London or how long have you
lived in London next what’s your job
what do you do how long have you been
doing it or are you a student what do
you study how long have you been
studying it answers in the comments our
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perfect simple and present perfect
continuous so the super short answer is
this so in this example we’ve got
continuous I have been living in London
for a year and in simple I have lived in
London for a year
both of these mean the same thing both
of them mean you still live in London
now it still continues now and the
length of time is one year but let’s
remove that time period and you’ll see
something crazy I’m lying it’s not crazy
but it is interesting I promise without
the time period now they don’t mean the
same thing
continuous actually that doesn’t matter
with a time period or without continuous
means it’s still happening now so we it
doesn’t matter about the time period too
much with simple with a time period it
means it still continues without the
time period that’s the same as any other
present perfect simple sentence I have
been to New York
I have eaten sushi I have met someone
famous it’s an experience in your life
in the past which has finished but we
don’t have more information you’ll
remember from the previous videos why is
my voice doing this another example
another example another example
I think another example in both of these
cases they mean something different
right in this case present perfect
simple Taylor Swift has dated him we
know that in the past it happened it’s
finished they dated we don’t know when
we don’t know specific details we just
know she has that experience of dating
him but in continuous Taylor Swift has
been dating him now you know the
difference right that’s still continuing
if we say this so be very careful you
want to say it’s finished and it just
happened nothing more you simple if you
want to say it’s still continuing use
continuous if there’s no time period if
you want at a time period
for example for two years now it doesn’t
matter
both of these mean it’s still continuing
now this is the same example as we saw
in the previous video
remember the examples I have studied I
have been studying or I have worked
I have been working if you add a time
period they all mean the same thing but
without the time period then you see the
difference in questions if you ask the
length of time again it’s the same
you’re mentioning a length of time in a
question how long have you blah blah
blah how long have you been blah blah
blah in they both mean still continuing
so practice questions for you write your
answers in the comments 1 have you ever
lived in London do you still live in
London now if so how long have you been
living in London or how long have you
lived in London next what’s your job
what do you do how long have you been
doing it or are you a student what do
you study how long have you been
studying it answers in the comments our
patron of the month is Lucia if you want
to join our patreon click on this link
here you’ll get news updates all the
time will answer questions more
frequently there you’ll get monthly PDFs
with worksheets extra practice to work
on and lots of cool stuff so thank you
very much for watching and I’ll see you
in the next class
you
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