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What have you been up to?

What have you been up to?

Update: 2026-02-033
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Why has Phil been doing lots of washing this week? Neil and Beth tell us what they've been up to recently, and our grammar guru Georgie teaches us about the present perfect simple and present perfect continuous tenses.

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essi

زمان present perfect برای زمانی استفاده می‌شود که کاری در گذشته انجام شده اما اثر یا ارتباطش هنوز به الان می‌رسد. معمولاً با کلماتی مثل this week، this year، since، just، yet، already، ever و never می‌آید. ساختار present perfect simple: have/has + شکل سوم فعل برای وقتی که نتیجهٔ کار مهم است. مثال: I’ve eaten breakfast. ساختار present perfect continuous: have/has + been + فعل ing برای وقتی که مدت زمان یا خودِ فعالیت مهم است. مثال: I’ve been washing clothes.

Feb 18th
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essi

what have you been up to? چیکار میکردی؟ aeroplane هواپیما (uk) chilled week هفته آروم

Feb 18th
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