Transcript Present perfect simple

He has already met his new teacher and he is starting lessons next
week.
Completed action in the past which are still relevant .
 He has been a popular performer for several years.
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Actions that started in the past and are still going on (usually with for,
since and stative verbs)
We have not taken any tests this week.
With unfinished time periods.
 I have lost my mobile phone twice.
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With repeated actions in the past.
Miss Smith is the best teacher I have had sot far.
With expressions like the first/best/worst…
 He has just singed up for an English course
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Announcing recent news
Lang Lang has been playing the piano since
he was a child.
Actions which began in the past and are still
in progress (usually with for and since)
 She looks very tired. She has been studying
all day.
A longer action which has recently finished,
but the results are still obvious.
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She has been to the shop.
Went and came back
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She has gone to the cinema
Went and is still there
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Present perfect simple
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Present perfect continuous
Already, yet, always, ever, never, just, lately,
recently, since, for, so far, how long.
All day/morning, how long, lately, recently,
since, for.
Since+ specific time or subject + verb
I haven’t been to the zoo since last year
I haven’t been to the zoo since I moved to
Athens.
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