Differences between present perfect and present progressive tense

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#41015 Thu, 05 Aug 04 11:17 PM

please give me some examples for the use of these two tenses

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Present progressive, Tenses, Present perfect

haoqide

#41096 Fri, 06 Aug 04 04:53 PM

This was sort of covered in a thread yesterday, but here's a link directly to the kind of information you're looking for.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/esltensverb.html#presperf

I hope that helps you out! I think it does a better job of giving examples than I would.

-Haoqide

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Present progressive, Verbs, Present perfect

Ollie Veradi

#41332 Sun, 08 Aug 04 10:25 PM

The answer below is swiped straight out of "grammar monster". (The cut and paste has killed the formatting, but the detail is still there.

Hope this helps.

Present Progressive Tense
Verbs describing actions in the present are said to be in the present tense. The present progressive tense is used for an on-going action in the present.

Caroline is looking for the latest brochure.
Dan and Billy are fishing off the pier.

The present progressive tense is one for four present tenses. They are:
The 4 Present Tenses Example
simple present tense - I go
present progressive tense - I am going
present perfect tense - I have gone
present perfect progressive tense - I have been going

Present Perfect Tense
Verbs describing actions in the present are said to be in the present tense. The present perfect tense is used for an action that began in the past and continues into the present.

The board has decided not to uphold the appeal.
I have taken the wrong path again.

Ollie Veradi

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Anonymous

#195634 Sat, 11 Feb 06 09:21 PM

What type of sentense is a Present perfect sentense?

Anonymous

Present progressive, Tenses, Present perfect

Anonymous

#242710 Tue, 04 Jul 06 11:20 PM

I have been working on this project for three hours.

Anonymous

Present progressive, Present perfect

Clive

#242723 Wed, 05 Jul 06 12:30 AM

Hi,

Either is OK.

I have been working on this project for three hours. 'Continuous' stresses the duration. Implies that you are still working on it at the time of speaking.

I have worked on this project for three hours. Doesn't do the above to the same extent.

Best wishes, Clive

Clive

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Present progressive, Present perfect

Teo

#242786 Wed, 05 Jul 06 08:01 AM

Clive wrote:
I have been working on this project for three hours. 'Continuous' stresses the duration. Implies that you are still working on it at the time of speaking.I have worked on this project for three hours. Doesn't do the above to the same extent.

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Teo

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Thank you very much for your reply.

Present progressive, Present perfect

Clive

#242927 Wed, 05 Jul 06 03:52 PM

Hi again,

I have been working on this project for three hours. 'Continuous' stresses the duration. Implies that you are still working on it at the time of speaking.

I have worked on this project for three hours. Doesn't stress the duration to the same extent. Doesn't imply to the same extent that you are still working on it at the time of speaking.

Best wishes, Clive

Clive