Difference between present perfect and present perfect continuous

Difference between present perfect and present perfect continuous tenses. The present perfect continuous tense is used to talk about a continuous, but not necessarily finished action or situation. The present perfect tense is used to talk about a finished action or situation

What is the present perfect continuous?

The present perfect continuous tense (also known as the present perfect progressive tense) shows that something started in the past and is continuing at the present time. The present perfect continuous is formed using the construction has/have been + the present participle (root + -ing).

How do you use past perfect simple?

We use the past perfect simple (had + past participle) to talk about time up to a certain point in the past. She'd published her first poem by the time she was eight. We'd finished all the water before we were halfway up the mountain. Had the parcel arrived when you called yesterday?

What is the difference between present perfect tense and past perfect tense?

The present perfect tense says that an action was completed at a time before the present, and the results or consequences of the action are relevant now. ... The past perfect tense says that an action was completed at a time before another action happened in the past.

Past perfect continuous

I had been living in Tashkent

I had been living in Tashkent before I moved to London

Past p c tense is used to talk about something that started in the past and continued in the past , but everything is in the past. You also know that because it has the word “past” in it.

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