Underline the eine rudeerbials in the sentences from the online forum on page 69. 1 And it has paid off so far because it's cheap, quick and easy. 2 I've been writing songs all my life. 3 We've being doing a lot of busking in the streets lately. RULE: We use the present perfect simple and the present perfect continuous with time adverbials. Some of them refer to the recent past, e.g. just, recently, 2 3 for (a long time). Others refer to the present too, e.g. until now, up to now, ever (in questions), yet (questions and negatives).