Present perfect continuous tense and examples

Present perfect continuous tense and examples

Present Perfect Continuous tense represents the action which started in the past and is still going on.

Present perfect continuous tense forms:

1. Subject (I, plural) + have been + verb-ing
2. Subject (Singular) + has been + verb-ing

Present perfect continuous tense negative forms:

1. Subject (I, plural) + haven’t been + verb-ing
2. Subject (Singular) + hasn’t been + verb-ing

Question of Present perfect continuous tense negative forms: Move have or has to the beginning

1. Have + Subject (I, plural) + been + verb-ing…?
2. Has + Subject (Singular) + been + verb-ing…?

Adverbials of time for Present perfect continuous tense

1. for + time
2. for + period of time + now
3. since + time
4. this + time
5. all + time
6. in the last few + time
7. every + time
8. because
9. over the last + time
10. lately
11. recently
12. today, … …again
13. how long

Present perfect continuous tense diagram

Present perfect continuous tense examples

• I have been reading the book for two hours.
• We have been writing composition for one hour now.
• He has been finding the football since the beginning of the class.
• She has been finding the dress since this morning.
• She has been studying in the library for three hours.