Present Perfect Continuous Tense
Present Perfect Continuous Tense
In the Present Perfect Continuous tense, the action has been
taking place for some time and is still ongoing.The duration for which the
action has been going on is usually mentioned in the present perfect continuous
tense.
POSITIVE STATEMENTS
SUBJECT
|
HAVE BEEN/ HAS BEEN
|
VERB + ing
|
REST OF THE SENTENCE
|
I
|
have been
|
waiting
|
for an hour.
|
You
|
have been
|
waiting
|
for an hour.
|
He
|
has been
|
waiting
|
for an hour.
|
Mohan
|
has been
|
waiting
|
for an hour.
|
The boy
|
has been
|
waiting
|
for an hour.
|
She
|
has been
|
waiting
|
for an hour.
|
Pooja
|
has been
|
waiting
|
for an hour.
|
The girl
|
has been
|
waiting
|
for an hour.
|
We
|
have been
|
waiting
|
for an hour.
|
You
|
have been
|
waiting
|
for an hour.
|
They
|
have been
|
waiting
|
for an hour.
|
The children
|
have been
|
waiting
|
for an hour.
|
Notice that we use
‘have been’ with the subjects ‘I’, ‘You’, ‘We’ and ‘They’
‘has been’ with the subjects ‘He’ and ‘She’
The verb form remains the same for all subjects.
NEGATIVE STATEMENTS
SUBJECT
|
HAVE NOT BEEN / HAS NOT BEEN
|
VERB + ing
|
REST OF THE SENTENCE
|
I
|
have not been
|
living
|
in Mumbai since March.
|
You
|
have not been
|
living
|
in Mumbai since March.
|
He
|
has not been
|
living
|
in Mumbai since March.
|
Mohan
|
has not been
|
living
|
in Mumbai since March.
|
The boy
|
has not been
|
living
|
in Mumbai since March.
|
She
|
has not been
|
living
|
in Mumbai since March.
|
Pooja
|
has not been
|
living
|
in Mumbai since March.
|
The girl
|
has not been
|
living
|
in Mumbai since March.
|
We
|
have not been
|
living
|
in Mumbai since March.
|
You
|
have not been
|
living
|
in Mumbai since March.
|
They
|
have not been
|
living
|
in Mumbai since March.
|
The children
|
have not been
|
living
|
in Mumbai since March.
|
Notice that we use
‘have not been’ with the subjects ‘I’, ‘You’, ‘We’ and ‘They’
‘has not been’ with the subjects ‘He’ and ‘She’
The verb form remains the same for all subjects.
INTERROGATIVE STATEMENTS / QUESTIONS
HAVE / HAS
|
SUBJECT
|
BEEN
|
VERB + ing
|
REST OF THE SENTENCE
|
Have
|
I
|
been
|
working
|
hard for the last three days?
|
Have
|
you
|
been
|
working
|
hard for the last three days?
|
Has
|
he
|
been
|
working
|
hard for the last three days?
|
Has
|
Mohan
|
been
|
working
|
hard for the last three days?
|
Has
|
the boy
|
been
|
working
|
hard for the last three days?
|
Has
|
she
|
been
|
working
|
hard for the last three days?
|
Has
|
Pooja
|
been
|
working
|
hard for the last three days?
|
Has
|
the girl
|
been
|
working
|
hard for the last three days?
|
Have
|
we
|
been
|
working
|
hard for the last three days?
|
Have
|
you
|
been
|
working
|
hard for the last three days?
|
Have
|
they
|
been
|
working
|
hard for the last three days?
|
Have
|
the men
|
been
|
working
|
hard for the last three days?
|
Notice that we use
‘have’ with the subjects ‘I’, ‘You’, ‘We’ and ‘They’
‘has’ with the subjects ‘He’ and ‘She’
The verb form remains the same for all subjects.
What is Present Perfect Continuous Tense?
PRESENT PERFECT
1)
Something which started in the past and has been in progress up to the present.
Example:
- We
have been working all day.
- They
have been waiting for an hours.
- John
has been living in Cambodia
Example:
- It’s
been raining.
- Nancy
-
“Haven’t seen anything of Jimy for a while”. “No, he has been working in USA
Example:
- I
have been driving license for a year.
- They
have been living in China
- Dany
has been working NIS
Positive
Sentence:
Subject + have/has
+ been + verb-ing + obj/comp
|
Example:
- He
has been watching TV all day.
- I
have been looking for you for an hour.
- We
have been studying English since 2008.
Sub + have/has +
not + been + verb-ing + obj/Comp
|
Example:
- Nara
- They
have not been working hard these days.
- We
have not been finding out our money.
Have/Has + sub +
been + verb-ing + obj/comp ?
|
Example:
- How
long has it been snowing?
- How
long have you living in Cambodia
- What
have you been doing at the moment?
Related page
What is Tense? Definition of Tense.
What is the type of tense?
What Is the Past Tense?
What Is the Present Tense?
What is the Future Tense?
Structure of All Tense
Simple Present Tense
Present Continuous Tense
Present Perfect Tense
Present Perfect Continuous Tense
Simple Past Tense
Past Continuous Tense
Past Perfect Tense
Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Simple Future Tense
Future Continuous Tense
Future Perfect Tense
Future Perfect Continuous Tense
All Tense with example
Table of English Tenses with example
TENSE CHART
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