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Present Perfect Continuous 4

‫المضارع المستمر التام‬


Often used with:

recently Present Perfect Continuous


these days
nowadays
at the moment Present Continuous
may also sometimes when talking about
Since / for + time: since periods of time ‘around now’:
for Uses / Meanings
Since + previous point in time “I am only eating fast food once a week
(Last Sunday, 1992, yesterday etc.) these days.”

For + periods of time


(2 years, 10 mins, a long time,
months, days etc.)
1 2 3 4

‫ٌمستمرٌيفٌاحلاض ٌر‬،‫حدثٌبدأٌيفٌاملاضي‬ ٌٌ‫السؤالٌعنٌمدةٌاستمراريةٌحدث‬ ٌ‫ٌٌلهٌعالقةٌابحلاضر حدثٌٌكٌٌررٌعدةٌمراتٌيفٌاملاضيٌومستمرٌيفٌاحلاضر‬،‫حدثٌٌانتهىٌٌيفٌاملاضيٌالقريب‬

EVENT STARTED IN PAST, QUESTIONS & ANSWERS ABOUT EVENTS REPEATED NUMBER OF TIMES RECENTLY FINISHED EVENT,
CONTINUING IN PRESENT DURATION OF EVENT: how long? IN PAST, CONTINUING IN PRESENT CONNECTION WITH PRESENT
EVENTS

It has been snowing 1 How long have you I’ve been exercising every 1 What’s wrong? You
for 2 hours. been waiting here? weekend for 2 months. look tired.
2 For two hours! / I’ve 2 I’ve been studying
He’s been working In been waiting here for I’ve only been eating fast all day.
Saudi Arabia since 2017. two hours! food once a week these
days. It’s been snowing.
They’ve been arguing 1 How long have you
all night. You still haven’t done
been working with them? She’s been reading your
it? What have you been
2 Since 2017. book.
doing this whole time?!

Affirmative | ‫املثبت‬

Negative | ‫املنفي‬

Interrogative | ‫االستفهام‬

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