Overview of All English Tenses - Present Tenses Overview - Present Perfect Continuous

We can see that this particular usage of the unfinished past can be used for both the present perfect and the present perfect continuous. Where we've got action verbs, we usually prefer to use the present perfect continuous. However, there are state verbs which don't usually go into the continuous form, such as 'know'. We would say 'I have known her for 10 years,' not 'I have been knowing her for 10 years.' So when we have these state verbs, such as 'know', 'be', 'seem' and 'appear', we would usually put these in the present perfect but with the action verbs, such as 'play', 'cook', 'work', we will use these in the present perfect continuous. Normally, we also use the present perfect continuous fairly frequently with words, such as just or recently to express a recently completed action with the present results, for example 'I am tired because I have been playing football.'

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Unit 9: Teaching receptive skills This unit first covered what receptive skills are and different ways that they are used. Then unit 9 covered some of the basic problems with teaching receptive skills. One that particularly interested me was the difficulty with listening skills because, unlike reading, there is not captured bit when listening.Letting students make conclusions through other means of learning styles is important. This is true esp`eclair as each individual has different learning styles.This unit is extremely important in understanding the many many ways you can engage students. From being student centered to teacher oriented, there're many ways to view the \"how to\".