- Action, Linking, and Auxiliary Verb: Definitions, Functions, and Examples
- Correct Use of Verbs
- Correct Use of Preposition
- Present Perfect vs. Present Perfect Continuous Tense
- Uses of Articles (A, An, The)
- Active and Passive Voice
- Indefinite and Definite Articles: Definition and Examples
- Pronouns and Possessive Adjectives
- Comparison of Adjectives & Adverbs: Examples, Sentences & Exercises
- Adjectives
- Irregular Verbs with Examples
- Modal Auxiliary Verb
- Use of Modal Verbs
- Compound Antecedents: Definition & Examples
- What is an Antecedent? Definition, Meaning & Examples
- What Are Collective Nouns?
- What Are Possessive Nouns? Examples, Definition & Types
Comprehensive English: Sentence Structure: Understanding Grammar
- Parts of Speech
- Degree of Comparison
- Difference Between Direct & Indirect Objects in Sentence Structure
- Gerunds: Are They Verbs? Are They Nouns?
- Conjunction vs. Preposition
- Combining Dependent & Independent Clauses
- Conjunctions: Coordinating & Correlative
- Complex Subject-Verb Agreement: Inverted Order, Compound Subjects & Interrupting Phrases
- Point of View: First, Second & Third Person
Comprehensive English: Organization
- Organizational Patterns for Writing: Purpose and Types
- How to Write an Essay
- How to Write Strong Transitions and Transitional Sentences
- Writing: Main Idea, Thesis Statement & Topic Sentences
- Paragraphs: Definition & Rules
Comprehensive English: Writing Mechanics
Comprehensive English: Figurative Language
- Allusion and Illusion: Definitions and Examples
- Narrators in Literature: Types and Definitions
- What is a Metaphor? Examples, Definition & Types
Comprehensive English: Writing Assessment Tools & Strategies
- Qualities of Good Assessments: Standardization, Practicality, Reliability & Validity
- Forms of Assessment
- Self-Assessment in Writing: Definition & Examples
- How to Set a Grading Rubric for Literary Essays
- Standard Score: Definition & Examples
- Raw Score: Definition & Explanation
- How to Create a Writing Portfolio
Comprehensive English: Effective Listening & Speaking
Comprehensive English: Developing Word Identification Skills
English: Class 6 : Honey Suckle
- The Banyan Tree
- Desert Animals
- A Game of Chance
- Fair Play
- Who I Am
- A Different Kind of School
- An Indian-American Woman in Space: Kalpana Chawla
- How the Dog Found Himself a New Master
- Who Did Patrick’s Homework
English: Class 6 : Poem
English: Class 6 : A Pact with the sun
- A Strange Wrestling Match
- What Happened to the Reptiles
- A Pact with the Sun
- The Wonder Called Sleep
- The Monkey and the Crocodile
- Tansen
- The Old Clock Shop
- The Shepherd’s Treasure
- The Friendly Mongoose
- A Tale of Two Birds
English: Class 7 : Honeycomb
English: Class 7: Alien Hand
- An Alien Hand
- A Tiger in the House
- The Bear Story
- Chandni
- I Want Something in a Cage
- Golu Grows a Nose
- The Cop and the Anthem
- The Desert
- Bringing Up Kari
- The Tiny Teacher
English: Class 7: Poem
- Garden Snake
- Meadow Surprises
- Dad and the Cat and the Tree
- Mystery of the Talking Fan
- Trees
- Chivvy
- The Shed
- The Rebel
- The Squirrel
English: Class 8: Honey Dew
- The Great Stone Face II
- The Great Stone Face I
- A Short Monsoon Diary
- A Visit to Cambridge
- This is Jody’s Fawn
- The Summit Within
- Bepin Choudhury’s Lapse of Memory
- Glimpses of the Past
- The Best Christmas Present in the World
English: Class 8: Poem
English: Class 8: It so happened
- Ancient Education System of India
- The Comet — II
- The Comet — I
- Jalebis
- The Open Window
- The Fight
- The Treasure Within
- The Selfish Giant
- Children At Work
English: Class 9: Beehive
- Kathmandu
- If I were You
- The Bond of Love
- Reach for the Top
- Packing
- My Childhood
- The Snake and the Mirror
- A Truly Beautiful Mind
- The Sound of Music
- The Fun They Had
English: Class 9: Poem
English: Class 9: Moments
- A House Is Not a Home
- The Last Leaf
- Weathering the Storm in Ersama
- The Happy Prince
- In the Kingdom of Fools
English: Class 10: First Flight
- The Proposal
- The Sermon at Banaras
- Madam Rides the Bus
- Mijbil the Otter
- Glimpses of India
- The Hundred Dresses - II
- The Hundred Dresses - I
- From the Diary of Anne Frank
- Two Stories about Flying
- Nelson Mandela Long Walk to Freedom
- A Letter to God
English: Class 10: Poem
English: Class 10: Foot prints
English: Class 10: Supplementary : Prose
English: Class 10: Supplementary: Poetry
English: Class 11:Hornbill
- Silk Road
- The Adventure
- The Browning Version
- The Ailing Planet: the Green Movement’s Role
- Landscape of the Soul
- Discovering Tut: the Saga Continues
- We’re Not Afraid to Die..if We Can All Be Together
- The Portrait of a Lady
English: Class 11: Supplementary
- The Tale of Melon City
- Birth
- The Ghat of the Only World
- Albert Einstein at School
- Ranga’s Marriage
- The Address
- The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse
English: Class 11: Poem
- 2Ajamil and the Tigers
- Ode to a Nightingale
- Felling of the Banyan Tree
- Refugee Blues
- For Elkana
- Hawk Roosting
- Mother Tongue
- The World is too Much With Us
- Telephone Conversation
- Coming
- Let me Not to the Marriage of True Minds
- The Peacock
English: Class 12: Prose
- Going Places
- The Interview
- Poets and Pancakes
- Indigo
- The Rattrap
- Deep Water
- Lost Spring
- The Last Lesson
English: Class 12: Supplementary
Introduction
The function of the present perfect tense and present continuous tense in the Engpsh language are different. We will know about both present perfect and present perfect continuous tense in this tutorial.
What is Present Perfect Tense?
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The present perfect tense indicates something that happened in the past and carries its consequences in the present. It does not show any definite timepne. It also denotes a time in the past and its effect on the present time.
Examples
I have talked to him. (action of past with no timepne indication)
He has become irritable with time. (something that has begun previously and carries an effect in the present)
What is Present Perfect Continuous Tense?
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The present perfect continuous tense depicts a time that started in the past and continues till now.
Example
I have been reading the book for an hour.
Present Perfect Tense vs. Present Perfect Continuous Tense
There are many differences between present perfect and present continuous tenses. We are going to learn about these in this tutorial. It will be easier to compare and understand these two tenses after knowing the differences.
Construction
Present Perfect Tense
The construction of the present perfect tense is pke the following:
Subject + Has/have (auxipary verb present simple) + past participle (third form of the main verb)
Example
He has stayed here.
Here stayed happens to be the past participle form of the main verb stay . And has is the auxipary verb in the sentence.
So, we need an auxipary verb ‘has’ or ‘have’ along with the past participle form of the main verb to form a present perfect tense. The past participle form of the verb is also known as the third form of the verb. The auxipary verb form is to be in the simple present form.
To transform the main verb into a past participle form, you need to add -ed with the main verb or put the irregular verb form.
Example
I have finished writing.
Present Perfect Continuous Tense
The construction of the present perfect continuous tense differs from the present perfect tense.
Here we have:
Subject + Has / have (auxipary verb present simple) + been (past participle form of be verb) + Present participle form main verb (main verb + ing)
It is evident from the construction that we form the present perfect continuous tense with the present form of auxipary verb (have/has) along with the past participle of be verb (been).
And at last, the present participle of the main verb (-ing) is there to denote the action with time.
Example
I have been feepng sick lately.
Negative sentence
Present Perfect Tense
If we need to construct a negative sentence with present perfect tense, then the word not will be between the auxipary verb and the main verb.
Examples in sentences
I have not finished writing
We have not gone there.
To construct a negative statement, not is placed between have and finished .
Present Perfect Continuous Tense
The construction of the negative sentence with the present perfect continuous tense happens when we use the word not .
The word not comes between the first auxipary verb and the be verb.
Examples in sentences
I have not been late for work lately.
He has not been doing well recently.
Interrogative sentence
Present Perfect Tense
Construction of interrogative sentences with the present perfect tense looks pke below:
Auxipary verb + Subject + Past participle form of the main verb + Rest of the sentence
Examples
Have you done your homework?
Have they left for the city?
Present Perfect Continuous Tense
The construction of the interrogative sentences with the present perfect continuous tense looks pke the following:
First auxipary verb (has/have) + Subject + Be verb (past participle form) + Present participle form main verb (main verb + ing) + Rest of the sentence
The position of the subject and the first auxipary verb is exchanged in interrogative sentences.
Examples
Has he been trying to reach out?
Have you been meeting her?
Contraction and Uses
Present Perfect Tense
Contraction of the present perfect tense is seen in informal writing and spoken Engpsh. We contract the subject and the auxipary verb to do that.
Examples
I ve done this with perfection
You ve told me about this.
Present Perfect Continuous tense
Contraction is seen in the present perfect continuous tense in informal writing and spoken Engpsh. Here we contract the subject and the first auxipary verb.
Example
Rakesh s been helping us recently. ( Rakesh has becomes Rakesh s)
They ve been cooking together lately. ( They have becomes They ve )
Conclusion
If we compare the present perfect tense and present perfect continuous tense, we see a lot of differences. The construction of the sentences and uses are different. The negative and interrogative sentence constructions differ also. This tutorial has helped us to learn about all these.
FAQs
Q1. What is the difference in the main verb forms between present perfect and present perfect continuous tenses?
Ans. The third form of the main verb or the past participle form is used in the present perfect tense. In comparison, we use the present participle form of the main verb with ing in the present perfect continuous tense.
Q2. How is the negative sentence constructed in the present perfect tense?
Ans. The negative word not comes between the auxipary verb and the main verb (third form of the main verb) while constructing a negative sentence with present perfect tense
Q3. What is the difference between the auxipary verbs between present perfect and present perfect continuous tenses?
Ans. In the present perfect tense, there is one auxipary verb has or have. In contrast, the present perfect continuous tense requires a be verb (past participle form been ) along with has or have. So, there are two auxipary verbs in the latter.
Q4. What is the present perfect tense?
Ans. The present perfect tense denotes something that has happened in the past with an effect in the present.
Q5. State the differences between the negative sentence construction of present perfect and present perfect continuous tenses.
Ans. The negative word not is used between the auxipary verb and the main verb in negative sentences of present perfect tenses. In contrast, the negative word not is used between the first auxipary verb and the be verb (been) while writing negative sentences in present perfect continuous tenses.