Present Perfect Continuous Tense:
The present perfect continuous tense is used to talk about actions that began in the past and are continuing into the present time. We use “have been + V-ing” or “has been + V-ing”.
The Perfect Continuous Tense is formed thus:
Subject + have been/has been + verb + ing (affirmative)
- I have been attending classes for a month.
- He has been attending classes for a month.
Subject + haven’t been/ hasn’t been + verb + ing (negative)
- I haven’t been attending classes for a month.
- He hasn’t been attending classes for a month.
Have/has + subject + been + verb + ing (interrogative)
- Have you been attending classes?
- Has he been attending classes?
Time Expressions/Indicators:
For, For hours, For days, Since, All day, All night All week All month All year Recently, Lately.
Positive Form Sentences:
- I have been living in Delhi for twenty years.
- Iam tired because I have been working since morning.
- Sanjana is getting fatter because she has been eating too much.
- You have been learning spoken English since 5th June 2023.
- We have been learning programming for two months.
- My brother has been working in this company for thirty years.
- My sister has been learning music since June 2023.
- The children have been playing cricket since morning.
- They have been preparing for elections all year.
- The husband and wife have been arguing for an hour.
- The baby has been crying since morning.
- Pavan has been saving money for a year.
- The has been increasing the rent for 3 years.
- The dogs have been barking since 2am.
Negative Form Sentences:
- I have not been living in Hyderabad for 40 years.
- We have not been watching TV for a month.
- I have not been cleaning the house for over 3 months.
- The two families have not been talking to each other for many years.
- Movies has not been releasing since last year.
- Schools and colleges have not been functioning since the pandemic started.
- You have not been learning spoken English.
- We have not been learning programming for two months.
- My brother has not been working in this company for thirty years.
- My sister has not been learning music since June 2023.
- The children have not been playing cricket since morning.
- They have not been preparing for elections all year.
- The baby has not been crying since morning