Present perfect continuous and present perfect (Lesson)

Hi everyone,I come back with you after last our lesson which was about Present Continuous and Present Perfect Continuous,In this post I'm going to help you understand the differences between Present Perfect Continuous ( I Have been doing ) and Present Perfect Simple ( I have done ).

Let's look at the formulation of the two tenses :
Formulation :
Present Perfect Continuous
- I have been playing football
- You have been playing football
- He/She has been playing
- We have been playing
- You have been playing
- They have been playing
So,the verb to be conjugated in the present perfect and the main verb with the ing.
Present Perfect
It's just the verb have and participle,easy:
- I have played football
- You have played
- He/She has played
- We have played
- They have played

Let's look at usage now.
Usage :
Present Perfect Continuous
Action that started in the past and still in progress.
For example :
I've been working all morning.( you started this morning and you still working)
I've been doing the homework since 10:00.(you started at 11:00 and you still doing the homework)
He has been driving for six hours.(he still driving)

Now,let's look at some examples of the present perfect,and how that different from the once you just looked.
Present Perfect
So the present perfect refers to completed action,an action that is complete at time of speaking it's not going on anymore.
Action complete at the time of speaking :
I've studied 3 sections until now.
I've already done halfe of the exercises.
He has driven 600 kilometres so far.

Reminder : So far is a synonym of until now

Let's look at timelines now to make it perfectly clear for you what the differences between the two tenses are.
Timeline for present perfect continuous :

 Timeline for present perfect :

 

That's all what we have now,don't forget next article it will be about the important thing Which help you to more understand the two Tenses Present Perfect Continuous and Present Perfect,The next post it will be about the common mistakes soon.
( Present Perfect Continuous and Present Perfect common mistakes ... Available )