Present Perfect Continuous
by Torsten Daerr
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
USES
(1) An action that started in the past and continues up to the present.
(2) An action that started in the past and suggests it is going to continue into the future.
EXAMPLES
(1) I am very tired now because I have been working all morning.
(2) I have been living at this address for six years now since 2007.
All the sentences are positive. In order to make them negative, we have to change them as:
(1) I am not / I have not (haven't) been working.
(2) I have not (haven't) been living.
All the sentences are statements. In order to make them interrogative, we have to change them as:
(1) Am I? / Have I been working?
(2) Have I been living?
USES
(1) An action that started in the past and continues up to the present.
(2) An action that started in the past and suggests it is going to continue into the future.
EXAMPLES
(1) I am very tired now because I have been working all morning.
(2) I have been living at this address for six years now since 2007.
All the sentences are positive. In order to make them negative, we have to change them as:
(1) I am not / I have not (haven't) been working.
(2) I have not (haven't) been living.
All the sentences are statements. In order to make them interrogative, we have to change them as:
(1) Am I? / Have I been working?
(2) Have I been living?
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USES
(1) An action in the indefinite past.
(2) An action in the recent past connected to the present.
EXAMPLES
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USES
(1) An action in the indefinite past.
(2) An action in the recent past connected to the present.
EXAMPLES
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PAST CONTINUOUS
USE
(1) An action in the past that is often of a temporary nature.
(2) An action in the past that acts as a background or an action that is interrupted.
USE
(1) An action in the past that is often of a temporary nature.
(2) An action in the past that acts as a background or an action that is interrupted.
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