Present Perfect Continuous

[EnglishwithJohn]

@MrHarryStottle I have asked you to specify the errors and you have refused to do so. In the light of your refusal, I must ask you please stop spamming my comments areas. Thank you.

[edwardgeorgee]

Great! Thanks.

[ROKUSHAKUBOJUTSU]

I f*cking HATE present perfect continuous and present perfect! I'm now a teacher, getting my head around the grammar of my native tongue, and while I use these instinctively, explaining them to students is a nightmare especially because there are so many other uses for the ppc. Thanks a lot for your video though, it was the first time it kind of made sense to me. :)

[EnglishwithJohn]

@ROKUSHAKUBOJUTSU Hi RKSBJT: yes, the perfect tenses are difficult for me, too. Part of the reason I made the video lesson was to help me figure them out and bring them together for my own teaching. Glad it helped a little.

[DrFeelgood96100]

I've understood your explanation immediatly instead of that of my teacher that i still don't understand.You're a great teacher

Thanks from Italy

[misssmiss1]

Many thanks Jonh from Switzerland ! ! you explain very well !

[PoloJust]

thanks!

[MyArtSchool]

thxxxxx dat's very clear

[towayful]

This lesson have been useful for me so I have been learning PPC for half an hour.

[ioann951]

Thank you John! Just i will have exam tomorow

[thaiseevelin]

very nice, thank u i have been learning with u.

[chicapequeify]

Thank you very much, it was useful for me.

[TheRafaelmoraes]

Great videos! I really liked the way you teach.

Do you teach Online classes? May be using skype or another tool.

;-)

[loyalcma]

Do we use had in present perfect continuous?

We use had in Past perfect continuous tense not in present perfect continuous tense.

[TheDubaialligator]

Thank you!

[nisawomen]

but y don,t use i m playing soccer

[EnglishwithJohn]

@nisawomen If you say, "I am playing soccer," that is present continuous. This lesson is about present perfect continuous and gives examples using the present perfect continuous tense.

The difference is the present perfect continuous refers to something that started in the past and is still happening now. Present continuous says what is happening right now without mentioning the past.

[nisawomen]

@EnglishwithJohn oh thank so much 4 explaining ,,,,,,,,,,,, i like ur way of teaching 

[secretecommerce]

thank you very much

[2251453]

thanks dear

[famj02]

i have been a teacher for 7 years and i am still a teacher

i have done lot of exercises. and i am still doing more

i think it is not the difference teacher

[EnglishwithJohn]

@famj02 There is very little difference in the meaning, as you say. As a teacher, I don't like teaching the perfect forms because students naturally speak using the form. It only gets confusing and complicated when trying to explain it. Students use it naturally.

The strict rule for present perfect CONTINUOUS is as the lesson says: Have (has/had) + been + Verb -ing.

Both of your sentences are present perfect.

[wininformatica]

Thanks a lot!

LoL

[ahmetcoruk]

Thank you it was so clear

[Zorghent]

Thank you very much for your videos!

[Vart1980]

Thanks for your explanations!

[serenaQueenS]

It's really useful..thanks

[reibuuu]

Why do you use the PresentPerfect for you first example?

I think there is no signal word.

For example He called me yesterday. Past Simple.

Is that right?

thanks

[geekfreackz]

You're sentence "He called me yesterday" is correct.

When you refer to a "specific" time in the past you use the Past Simple.

example: I saw Avatar last night.