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Stative verbs

Uses of stative verbs NOTE:

● for thoughts and opinions: think, know, mean, imagine, believe (think=believe)
village. (think=consider)
I think Alexandria is a beautiful city.
● for feelings and emotions: like, love, miss, wish,want

We miss our parents when we are far away fromthem.
● to describe how you see the world: hear, see, look,smell, taste

The chicken smells delicious!
● for possessions and measurements: belong, have, measure, weigh
That pencil belongs to me. Can you give it back tome, please?
We cannot use stative verbs in the continuous form:
I want to study abroad when I‟m older.
NOT
I am wanting to study abroad when I‟m older.

The present perfect simple

● The focus is on the result of an action in thepresent:
I‟ve worked here for a long time, so I can show youwhat to do.

● The action is „to work‟ and the present perfect simpleis used to focus on the result of „working‟ in the present, which is
that this person can show someoneelse how to do something. actions that have results in the present, e.g.

He is happy that he has scored a goal in the match.

Uses of the present perfect

● actions that started in the past and still continue, e.g. I’ve started French classes. (and I‟m still going to them).

We‟ve done a lot of work today. (and we‟re still working).

● experiences (often with ever and never), e.g.

Have you ever interviewed a famous person? I‟ve never been on a plane.

● actions which haven‟t happened (often with still or yet), e.g.

They haven’t developed a treatment yet. Salma still hasn’t won a professional match.

● periods of time with since or for, e.g.

She‟s played football since she was five/since her childhood. I have lived abroad for 5 years

It‟s years since we last met! We haven’t met for years!

Note : since three o‟clock/ for two hours.

 When we use the present perfect simple, we don‟t say when an action happened, but we can say how long an action that it

still happening has happened, for example, since 2018 or for five years.

 You can‟t use the verb to be and other verbs like know in the present perfect continuous tense.

So we say “I have known him for years” (not I have been knowing him for years.)

The present perfect continuous

● The focus is on the activity itself and this is usually an activity that someone has been doing either all the time or regularly
for a specific period of time. You also use time expressions with since or for to say how long an action has been
happening.
We’ve been interviewing a lot of people about their experiences.
Mohammad has been doing some research in that area.
I’ve been working on this project since January.

Use the present perfect continuous to focus on the reason.
He is tired because he has been working all day

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