Present perfect continous
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The document discusses the present perfect continuous tense in English. It provides the forms for the positive, question, and negative structures using the verbs "to be" and a main verb plus "-ing". It also gives examples of short answers and discusses the uses of the present perfect continuous tense, including to talk about actions that started in the past and are still ongoing, actions that recently stopped but still have present results, repeated actions, and with time expressions like "for" and "since".
Present perfect continous
- 1. PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS Form POSITIVE I have (‘ve) been You have (‘ve) been He has (‘s) been She has (‘s) been Verb+ -ing It has (‘s) been We have (‘ve) been You have (‘ve) been They have (‘ve) been He has been running for a long time or He’s been running for a long time QUESTION Have I been Have you been Has he been Has she been Verb+ -ing ? Has it been Have we been Have you been Have they been Have they been playing ? NEGATIVE I have not (haven´t) been You have not (haven´t) been He has not (hasn´t) been She has not (hasn’t) been It has not (hasn´t) been Verb+ -ing We have not (haven´t) been You have not (haven´t) been They have not (haven´t) been She hasn’t been having a good time
- 2. SHORT ANSWERS Yes, I / you / we / they / have he/ she / it has No, I / you / we / they/ haven’t he / she/ it hasn’t Have you been cooking? Has he been working? Yes, we have No, he hasn’t Use: We use the present perfect continuous to talk about actions or situations that started in the past and are still in progress He has been learning English for five years (He is still learning English) Past Now When we talk about actions or situations that have recently stopped but they still have present results You are wet . Yes, It has been raining a lot ! When we talk about repeated actions I have been sending him a lot of messages all day
- 3. With “ How long ” questions How long has she been listening to music? With the following time expressions: -recently -lately -since -for -all day -all morning He has been driving lately I have been drawing since five o´clock What have you been doing recently?