LookbackattheinterviewandcompletethesentencesinExercise5onpage41
WeusethePresentPerfecttotalkaboutafinishedactivity(achievement)andthePresentPerfectContinuoustotalkaboutanunfinishedactivity
I’vereadHamlet
I’vefinishedreadingit
I’vebeenreadinghamlet
Ihaven’tfinishedreadingit
WeusethePresentPerfecttofocusonaresultofanactivity,especiallywhenwegiveanumberorquantity
WeusethePresentPerfectContinuoustofocusontheactivityitself,especiallytoexplainvisibleconsequencesofit
Hehasrunthreemiles
focusontheresult:Hehascoveredthedistanceofthreemiles
Hehasbeenrunningforanhour
focusontheactivityanditsconsequences:Thisiswhathehasbeendoingforthelasthourandwhyheisexhaustednow
Youwanttofindoutwhysomeoneislate
a)Whathaveyoubeendoing
b)Whathaveyoudone
a)Whathaveyoubeendoing
Whichsentence,aorbfitseachsitua