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Present Perfect Continuous Tense

The Present Perfect Continuous Tense describes actions that started in the past and are still ongoing, using the structure 'have/has been + verb-ing'. It employs 'since' for known start times and 'for' for unknown durations. Examples include sentences like 'They have been playing football since morning' and 'She has been talking on the phone for two hours'.

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Present Perfect Continuous Tense

The Present Perfect Continuous Tense describes actions that started in the past and are still ongoing, using the structure 'have/has been + verb-ing'. It employs 'since' for known start times and 'for' for unknown durations. Examples include sentences like 'They have been playing football since morning' and 'She has been talking on the phone for two hours'.

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Present Perfect

Continuous Tense ‫زمان‬


also called:
Present Perfect Progressive

Started at 8:00 am ------------------------------🡪 still working 12:00 pm


• We use this tense to talk about something that
started in the past, but is still happening.
• It is a combination of simple past action and present
continuous
Example:
Simple past: Ali started doing his homework at 9:00 o’clock in the morning.
Present continuous: It is 11:00 am and he is not finished. He is still doing his
homework.

Present Perfect Continuous:


Ali has been doing his homework since 9:00 am.
Note: - We have two helping verb in this tense (have/has(been)
- We use first form of the verb + ing
- We use since if the exact start of the action is known.
- We use for if the exact start of the action is unknown.
Positive Sentence Structure
Sub+have/has been + v-ing+o/com+since/for+.
Ex: They have been playing football since morning.
She has been talking on the phone for two hours.
I have been working on this project for three months.
Negative Sentence Structure
Sub+have/has+not+ been + v-ing+o/com+since/for+.

John has not been living in L.A. for very long.


We have not been exercising very much recently.

They have not been working here since last Friday.

Interrogative Sentence Structure


Have/has+ sub+ been + v-ing+o/com+since/for+?

Has she been sleeping since morning?


Has he been waiting for them for several hours?
Has it been raining heavily since the last night?
More Examples:
Jane started to work in her garden at 8:00 this morning.

Now it is 12:00.

She has been working in her garden for 4 hours!


Wow! She must be tired now!

Where’s Laila?
She’s sleeping.
She’s been sleeping for a long time.
• 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.
Present Perfect Continuous Tense
Quiz
1. It has....snowing a lot this week
2. ...your brother and sister getting alone?
3. Rick....been studying hard this semester
4. I’m tired because...been working out
5. Julie...living in Italy since May

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