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Present Perfect Continuous Tense



I have been singing



How do we make the Present Perfect Continuous Tense?



The structure of the present perfect continuous tense is:



subject + auxiliary verb + auxiliary verb + main verb



               have has                 been               base + ing



Here are some examples of the present perfect continuous tense:































































































SubjectAuxiliary Verb Auxiliary VerbMain Verb  
POSITIVEIhavebeenwaitingfor one hour
Youhavebeentalkingtoo much
NEGATIVEIthasnotbeenraining
Wehavenotbeenplayingfootball.
QUESTIONSHaveyoubeenseeingher?
Havetheybeendoingtheir homework?

 Contractions



When we use the present perfect continuous tense in speaking, we often contract the subject and the first auxiliary. We also sometimes do this in informal writing.























I have beenI’ve been
You have beenYou’ve been
He has been

She has been



It has been



John has been



The car has been

He’s been

She’s been



It’s been



John’s been



The car’s been

We have beenWe’ve been
They have beenThey’ve been

Here are some examples:



 



  • I’ve been reading.


  • The car’s been giving trouble.


  • We’ve been playing tennis for two hours.


How do we use the Present Perfect Continuous Tense?



This tense is called the present perfect continuous tense. There is usually a connection with the present or now. There are basically two uses for the present perfect continuous tense:



 



  1. An action that has just stopped or recently stopped


We use the present perfect continuous tense to talk about an action that started in the past and stopped recently. There is usually a result now.



 



 



 























I’m tired because I’ve been running.
pastpresentfuture
!!!
Recent action.Result now.

 



 



  • I’m tired [now] because I’ve been running.


  • Why is the grass wet [now]? Has it been raining?


  • You don’t understand [now] because you haven’t been listening.


 



  1. An action continuing up to now


We use the present perfect continuous tense to talk about an action that started in the past and is continuing now. This is often used with for or since.























I have been reading for 2 hours.
pastpresentfuture
Action started in past.Action is continuing now.

 



  • I have been reading for 2 hours. [I am still reading now.]


  • We’ve been studying since 9 o’clock. [We’re still studying now.]


  • How long have you been learning English? [You are still learning now.] • We have not been smoking. [And we are not smoking now.]


For and Since with Present Perfect Continuous Tense



We often use for and since with the present perfect tense.



  • We use for to talk about a period of time—5 minutes, 2 weeks, 6 years.


  • We use since to talk about a point in past time—9 o’clock, 1st January, Monday.










































ForSince
a period of timea point in past time
20 minutes6.15pm
three daysMonday
6 monthsJanuary
4 years1994
2 centuries1800
a long timeI left school
everthe beginning of time
etcetc

Here are some examples:



  • I have been studying for 3 hours.


  • I have been watching TV since 7pm.


  • Tara hasn’t been feeling well for 2 weeks.


  • Tara hasn’t been visiting us since March.


  • He has been playing football for a long time.


  • He has been living in Bangkok since he left school.


For can be used with all tenses. Since is usually used with perfect tenses only.



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