Cvičení středně pokročilí: předpřítomný čas prostý vs. průběhový (1)
Cvičení anglické gramatiky pro mírně a středně pokročilé
V tomto cvičení si procvičíte rozdíl mezi časem předpřítomným prostým a časem předpřítomným průběhovým.
Jak na to
Doplňte slova ze závorek do textu ve správném tvaru času předpřítomného prostého nebo průběhového.
| Structure of present perfect simple | ||
| positive | negative | question |
| I / you / we / they have gone. |
I / you / we / they haven’t gone. |
Have I / you / we / they gone? |
| he / she / it has gone. |
he / she / it hasn’t gone. |
Has he / she / it gone? |
| Structure of present perfect continuous | ||
| positive | negative | question |
| I / you / we / they have been working |
I / you / we / they haven’t been working |
Have I / you / we / they been working? |
| he / she / it has been working |
he / she / it hasn’t been working |
Has he / she / it been working? |
| Present perfect simple – common mistakes | ||
| Common mistakes | Correct version | Why? |
| I worked every day this week. | I have worked every day this week. | We use the present perfect (have worked) when we speak about an unfinished time period (this week, this year, etc). |
| Steven has wrote a new book. | Steven has written a new book. | We use the past participle of the verb – written is the past participle, wrote is the past simple. |
| Did you have seen him before? | Have you seen him before? | The helping verb have is used in the present perfect and it is inverted with the person (you have becomes have you). |
| I didn't have seen him before. | I haven't seen him before. | The helping verb have is used in the present perfect – to make it negative we simply add not (n't). |
| I am here since last week. | I have been here since last week. | The present perfect is used to show an action which continues to the present (an unfinished action). |
| I've been knowing him for 5 years. | I've known him for 5 years. | Verbs such as know, want, like, etc. (called stative verbs) suggest permanent states, not actions, so are used in the simple form, NOT the -ing form. |
| Present perfect continuous – common mistakes | ||
| Common mistakes | Correct version | Why? |
| It has been rain heavily all day. | It has been raining heavily all day. | The structure of the present perfect continuous is have/has + been + verb + -ing. |
| I have sat here for two hours. | I have been sitting here for two hours. | Verbs such as sit, wait, speak, etc. (‘non-stative’ verbs) suggest continuity and so are mostly used in the continuous (-ing) form. |
| Which? I have worked here for five years. I have been working here for five years. |
When BOTH the simple and continuous forms are possible, native speakers prefer to use the continuous. |
