I have been doing & I have done


How are you guys ?
I hope that you are fine..


O.K .. My topic is clear from its title as I think ..
so , it’s about have been doing & have done ..


let’s start guys !




starting point :
please concentrate in the sentences’ structure ::


"I have been baking cake since 2 : 30 p.m"
and ::
"I have cooked two cakes"


In the first sentence I talk about the "TIME" which I spend on cooking cakes ..
In the second sentence I talk about the "NUMBER" of cakes which I’ve done ..




so ..
When we want to talk about how many (hours-minutes-moments-months-days...etc) which we spend on doing something , we shlould use "Have or has + been + verb with ing"


When we want to talk about how many (cakes-moneys-cups-spoons..etc) which we have done
on a specific period of time ..
we should use "Have or has + Verb3" ..




NOTICE :
on the first sentence , which is about time .. we should use one of these words :
1- SINCE: we use it with specific number or name , like : "May-Saturday-1990-2:30 and so on "
OR
2- FOR : we use it the number of "Hours-minutes .." like : "for two hours-three days-one year and so on"




Although that it’s my first topic in this forum ,
I hope that the lesson is understood by you .. !


Bye guys , take care in you selves .. !