2. I've been thinking about you

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Listen to the song by Mariah Carey and complete the gaps with the verbs below. They can be parts of Present Perfect Simple or Continuous, or Past Simple.

've been thinking, realized, had, 've known, spent, 've been, opened up, couldn't see, 've always been, noticed, has changed

I've been thinking about you

We JXUwMDdmJXUwMDUxJXUwMDEz each other
For a long long time
But I never really
All the magic in your eyes
I JXUwMDdmJXUwMDUxJXUwMDEz JXUwMDNhJXUwMDA3JXUwMDAwJXUwMDBi around you
A thousand times before
And you JXUwMDdmJXUwMDUxJXUwMDEz JXUwMDNhJXUwMDA3JXUwMDAwJXUwMDBi a friend to me
But now I'm wanting more
I must have been so blind
I never
You're the one that's right for me
All the while I JXUwMDJiJXUwMDE2JXUwMDAw
And now I feel so strange
I'll never be the same
Going 'round and 'round in circles
And I don't know what to do
'Cause baby

I JXUwMDdmJXUwMDUxJXUwMDEz JXUwMDNhJXUwMDA3JXUwMDAwJXUwMDBi about you
In the most peculiar way

I've been thinking about you
It's unbelievable to me

But suddenly I think
I'm falling in love with you

There's no explaining how I feel inside
I'm going thru a transformation
That's so hard for me to hide
I JXUwMDMwJXUwMDA5JXUwMDA1 a revelation that
Finally JXUwMDJkJXUwMDA1 my eyes
The one I a lifetime searching for
Was right here all the time
I was oblivious so very out of touch
All the while I couldn't see
You're the one that's right for me
And now my world JXUwMDMwJXUwMDA5JXUwMDEy
I'll never be the same
Going 'round and 'round in circles
And it's all because of you
Sweet baby

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Present Perfect Simple/ Pr. P. Cont/ Past Simple

In the song, you've seen examples of Present Perfect Simple and Continuous, and Past Simple. In this section we are going to compare these three tenses. All of them are PAST tenses.

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE	PRES. PERFECT CONTINUOUS	PAST SIMPLE
I have visited Scotland.	I have been visiting Scotland.	I visited Scotland.

The Present Perfect Simple and the Present Perfect Continuous are very similar. Both can emphasize the duration of a time period that began in the past and continues to now, but if the verb expresses no action (a state or condition), then the Present Perfect Continuous is NOT used. For example, with the verbs 'to know' or 'to be'.

The Present Perfect Continuous is used:

To emphasize the duration of an action that began in the past and continues to now.

To express an action that began in the past and is still in progress (it's unfinished).

The present Perfect Simple can indicate that an action is still in progress only if it uses for and since (otherwise we are not sure if it is continuing). Here the time is unimportant, unknown or a secret. We are more interested in the result of an action whereas in the continuous form we are more interested in the activity itself.

The Past Simple is used to talk about finished complete actions. Therefore we usually find specific time expressions in the past such as last year, yesterday, in 1990, etc.