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miss noor
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Hi,
I need your help.
1- May u help me to let my sts to differentiate btw private and special ?
2- what is the difference between the present perfect and the present perfect continuous ?????????????????/
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8 May 2009
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Spagman63
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Present perfect means it happened some time before now and has just finished (Up to now). Present Perfect Cont means it started some time in the past and has continued up until now. (It is not finished). Here is an example. "That was great. We have walked for three hours." (Present perfect) "I �m getting tired. We have been walking for three hours."(Present Perfect Cont) Does that help?
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8 May 2009
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miss noor
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Thanksssss spagman
it is clear
What about private and special
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8 May 2009
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Tere-arg
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Present perfect is used to talk about:
- actions which started in the past and have just finished:
Student to teacher "I�ve finished!"
-actions which started in the past and still continue or may take place again:
Our players have won all the matches (all the matches played in the past up to now...and maybe they go on winning)
- experience:
have you ever been to India?
You use the PP Continuous when what you want to emphasize is the time (=duration of the action):
They have been waiting for hours.
We have been working on this project all day long.
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8 May 2009
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Tere-arg
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Private as the opposite of public???
A public school/private school
Special as the opposite of ordinary/common/average?
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8 May 2009
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wolfy
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Just a word of warning, in the UK a "public school" is actually a very expensive private school.
In the US a "public school" is a public school or state school.
Private means it �s personal and only for one Special means it �s out of the ordinary in a good way
Present perfect (I have studied) describes a situation in the past that is still important or relevant now.
Present perfect continuous (I have been studying) describes a period that started in the past but continues now.
As a general rule: �All continuous senses (stress the "in" in continuous) must use to be and "ing" and refer to periods of time. � Just remember "cont-ing-uous". �It helps the students. |
8 May 2009
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douglas
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wolfy explains it real well,
just be warned it is also known as present perfect "progressive" |
8 May 2009
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