9- PRESENT
PERFECT SIMPLE or PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
a) Geçmişte
başlayıp, içinde bulunduğumuz anda hala devam etmekte olan, ya da henüz bitmiş
olan bir eylemi anlatan bazı fiiller, her iki lense ile de kullanılır ve aynı
anlamı verir. Bu şekilde yaygın olarak kullanılan fiiller şunlardır:
expect lie rain snow study want
hope live sleep stand teach work
learn look sit stay wait
How long have you lived in this city? How long have you been living in this city?
She has worked for that firm for the last two years.
She has been working for that firm for the last two years.
b)
Continuous Tense'lerle (l
am doing, I was
doing) kullanılmayan diğer
fiiller (non-progressive verbs) Present Perfect Continuous ile de kullanılmazlar. Ancak, "want" ve "wish" bu kuralın dışındadır.
Look at that lovely shirt in the shop window! I've been wanting
one like that for some time.
I've been wishing to visit your mother since I heard that she was ill.
Diğer non-progressive
fiiller ise Present Perfect Simple ile
kullanılır.
What a lovely watch! How long have you had it? For over a year.
I see that you are close friends with him. Have you known each other for long?
Since we were children.
A nice old couple! They seem to be very fond of each other.
How long have they been married?
For almost fifty years. They'll celebrate their Golden Wedding next year.
Hello, I have been looking everywhere for you. How long have you been in
this remote part of the park?
Well, I have been thinking over my problems, and I lost track of time.
En son diyalogda "been” sözünün kullanımına dikkat ediniz.
" How long have you been in this remote part........"
ifadesinde "been",
"be" fiilinin past participle
biçimidir ve asıl fiil olarak
kullanılmıştır.
She is still a student. She has been a student for over six years. They are married now.
They have been married for three months.
"I have been
thinking over
my problems." cümlesinde
ise "been" yardımcı fiil
olarak kullanılmıştır.
She has been working on her
graduation thesis recently.
I have been helping her with
her English assignments since the beginning of the term.
c) Present
Perfect Continuous Tense, always, never, sometimes gibi sıklık bildiren zarflarla, once, twice, several times gibi eylemin kaç kez yapıldığını bildiren yapılarla,
ya da just, already, yet gibi eylemin bittiğini,
tamamlandığını ifade eden yapılarla kullanılmaz.
I have always lived here. / I have lived here all my life.
I have been living here since
I was born.
I've been reading this book since this morning, and I've read a hundred pages so far.
(Okuma eylemi devam ettiği için "have been reading" , yüz sayfalık bölümü tamamlanmış olduğu için "have read" )
We've been trying to answer a number of questions since the
beginning of the class, and we've
answered half of them already.
He's been writing letters since breakfast time. He's
just written the
fourth one, and he has two more letters to write.
The door bell has rung twice in the last half hour, and each time, it has been a visitor for my roommate.
The door bell has been ringing for the
last minute. Why doesn't
someone open the door?