LECTII DE ENGLEZA

VI. PERFECTUL PREZENT CONTINUU

1. Definitie: Perfectul prezent continuu permite exprimarea unei actiuni incepute intr-un moment trecut si care a durat o anumita perioada de timp sau care continua in prezent, de exemplu in momentul vorbirii.

A. FORMA:

Afirmativ: Pronume + HAVE / HAS + BEEN + VB [I] + ING
Exemplu: Bob has been watching TV all day.
Negativ: Pronume + HAVE / HAS + NOT + BEEN + VB [I] + ING
Exemplu: Bob has not been watching TV all day.
Interogativ: HAVE / HAS + Pronume + BEEN + BEEN + VB[I] + ING
Exemplu: Has Bob been watching TV all day?
ADVERBE: since, for, all day, all afternoon, all evening

B. INTREBUINTARE:

1. O actiune inceputa intr-un moment trecut, care continua in prezent si poate si in viitor:
Exemplu: They have been playing tennis for half an hour.
2. O actiune repetata frecvent, intr-o perioada de timp care se intinde din trecut pana in prezent:
Exemplu: I have been riding a bicycle for three years.
In acesta situatie se foloseste Present Perfect simple [nu continuu] daca se specifica de cate ori a fost savarsita actiunea repetata:
Exemplu: I have ridden my bicycle hundreds of time.
               He has written fifty poems.
Intrebuintarile 1 si 2 ale lui Present Perfect sunt marcate de compliniri adverbiale indicand:
a. lungimea perioadei de timp: for ages, for a few minutes, for three hours.
b. inceputul perioadei de timp: since December, since last year, since Monday.
3. O actiune trecuta, incheiata recent, care este cauza unui efect simtit in prezent:
Exemple: Why are your hands so dirty?
               I have been repairing my bike. [Mi-am reparat bicicleta].