Learning English: 2023-08-09

Present perfect simple - Present perfect continuous

Signal words

Simple

  • ever
  • never
  • since
  • already
  • yet
  • just
  • recently
  • so far
  • for

Continuous

  • all day
  • the whole day
  • the whole week
  • the whole month
  • how long
  • all day long
  • since
  • for

Stative verbs

care, dislike, hate, like, love, mind, need, prefer, want

Emotion

adore, appreciate, care for, desire, dislike, hate, hope, like, love, mind, need, prefer, value, want, wish

Possession

consist, contain, have, include, involve, lack, own, possess

Sense

feel, hear, look, see, smell, sound, taste, touch

Mental state

agree, appear, astonish, believe, concern, deny, disagree, doubt, forget, image, know, mean, please, promise, realise, recognise, remember, satisfy, suppose, suprise, think, understand

Others

cost, depend, fit, matter, measure, owe, seem, weigh