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hello everyone you're back with me at

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anglo-link

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this is the second video of our series

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to help you master the English verb

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tenses in the first video I talked about

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the differences between present simple I

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do and present continuous I'm doing I

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hope you watch that video if you haven't

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I recommend you go and watch that one

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first because today we're going to talk

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about the differences between I am doing

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present continuous and I have been doing

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that's present perfect continuous so

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when you're ready let's get started

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right then let's look at the differences

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between present continuous

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I'm doing and present perfect continuous

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I have been doing

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starting with formulation first present

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continuous as you remember from the

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previous video we need the verb to be

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in the present tense and the main verb

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plus ing I am playing tennis

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you are playing tennis he she is playing

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tennis you we they are playing tennis

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let's look at present perfect continuous

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as the name indicates now you need the

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verb to be in the present perfect tense

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I have been playing tennis you have been

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playing tennis he she has been playing

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tennis we you and they have been playing

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tennis quick recap present continuous

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the verb to be

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in the present tense plus the main verb

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with ing present perfect continues the

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verb to be in the present perfect tense

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plus the main verb with ing now that's

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easy let's move on to usage when do we

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use the present continuous and when do

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we use the present perfect continuous

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you remember from the first video that

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the present continuous is for an action

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in progress

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remember the examples I'm talking to you

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now you are listening to me at the

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moment it's raining present perfect

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continuous refers to an action that

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started in the past and is still in

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progress so if I tell you how long I've

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been talking to you I need to use the

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present perfect continuous I've been

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talking to you for five minutes

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we can use the word since to show when

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the action actually started I've been

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talking to you since 11:30 so you're

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listening to me now right if we say how

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long you've been listening to me we

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switch to the present perfect continuous

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you've been listening to me for a few

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minutes last example it's raining now it

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started this morning it has been raining

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all morning it started when I woke up it

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has been raining since I woke up right

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let's look at some timelines to make it

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even clearer for you

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look at present continuous here is the

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timeline this is now and the action is

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happening now and will go on for a

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little while longer

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let's look at present perfect continuous

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on a timeline the action started in the

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past and has continued until now and

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will go on a while longer if you say

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exactly when it started

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you use the word since if you say how

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long it's been going on

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you use the word for right I hope that

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that's really clarified the difference

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between present continuous and present

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perfect continuous for you the most

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common mistake is to use the present

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continuous instead of the present

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perfect continuous you're likely to say

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or - here I'm working here for two years

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I'm working here only refers to now if

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you say how long you need to change it

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to present perfect continuous I have

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been working here for two years

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let's look at another example you may

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often say or here I study English for

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six months and now you know you can't

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say this because you're saying how long

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you need to use the present perfect

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continuous I have been studying English

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for six months let's look at the next

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example you may here we are waiting

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since two o'clock what should we say

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correct

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we have been waiting since two o'clock

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and the final example what the common

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mistake is saying something like he is

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doing his homework since he woke up he

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is doing his homework now but he has

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been doing his homework since he woke up

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excellent

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I hope you have found the second video

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helpful and you know you can go to our

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website anglo-link calm to read the

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explanations I've just given you there

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will be some exercises you can do to

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reinforce this point and thank you for

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watching and see you in the next video

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bye now