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2: For temporary habits or situations. The action started in the past and continues to
the present in the same way as with use number 1, but we don't answer the questions about
'how long' so clearly. Instead, we use a word like 'recently'.
- I've been going to the gym a lot recently.
- They've been living with his mother while they look for a house.
- I've been reading a lot recently.
This is very similar to the use of the present continuous for temporary habits and often
either tense is possible.
Finished actions
3: Actions which have recently stopped (though the whole action can be unfinished) and
have a result, which we can often see, hear, or feel, in the present. We don't use a time word
here.
- I'm so tired, I've been studying.
- I've been running, so I'm really hot.
- It's been raining so the pavement is wet.
The present perfect simple has a very similar use, which focuses on the result of the
action, whereas the present perfect continuous focuses on the action itself. See my page here
about the difference between the present perfect simple and the present perfect continuous for
more explanation.
T: Do you have any questions?

III HOME ASSIGNMENT

Task 4. to learn all rules and prepare an individual work about all tenses that had
been already learned.
T: Your homework for tomorrow is to learn all rules and prepare an individual work
about all tenses that you have learned so far.
See you tomorrow. Good-bye.

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