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Present Perfect Continuous

The document explains the structure and uses of the Present Perfect Continuous tense, including its affirmative, negative, interrogative, and interro-negative forms. It highlights that this tense is used for actions that started in the past and continue into the present or have recently stopped, often with a visible result. Examples are provided to illustrate these uses.

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Present Perfect Continuous

The document explains the structure and uses of the Present Perfect Continuous tense, including its affirmative, negative, interrogative, and interro-negative forms. It highlights that this tense is used for actions that started in the past and continue into the present or have recently stopped, often with a visible result. Examples are provided to illustrate these uses.

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Tenses: Present Perfect Continuous

Structure
Affirmative : Have / Has + been + verb + ing

Ex: I have been waiting here for two hours.

Negative: Have / Has + not + verb + ing

Ex: I have not been waiting = I haven’t been waiting

Interrogative :

Ex: Have / Has + subject + been + verb + ing ?

Ex: Has he been waiting

Interro-negative:

Has he not been waiting = Hasn’t he been waiting?

Uses of the Present Perfect Continuous


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

Ex: I have been reading for two hours. ( I am still reading now).

Ex2: We’ve been studying since nine o’clock. (we are still studying now).

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

Ex1: I’m tired because I have been running.

Ex2: Why is the grass wet? Has it been raining.

Ex3: You haven’t understood because you haven’t been listening.

References

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