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Present Perfect Progressive Tense

The present perfect progressive tense shows that something started in the past and is
continuing at the present time.

Subject +has/have been + the present participle of the verb (root + -ing).

Examples:

I have been reading War and Peace for a month now.


I haven’t been feeling well lately. (And I am still sick now.)
I have been working since yesterday evening.
She has been chewing for two minutes.

Past Perfect Progressive Tense


shows that an action that started in the past continued up until another time in the
past.

Subject + had been +present participle of the verb

I had been working at the company for five years when I got the promotion.
Martha had been walking three miles a day before she broke her leg.
By the time Sam found an umbrella, it had been raining for ten minutes.

Future Perfect Progressive Tense

is a verb tense that describes actions that will continue up until a point in the future.

Subject + will + have + been + present participle of the verb

Examples:

In November, I will have been working at my company for three years.


When I turn thirty, I will have been playing piano for twenty-one years.
She will have been living in Ireland for ten years at that point.

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