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Present Perfect Continuous

We use the present perfect continuous to express an activity that has just finished or that just simply finished.

Examples:
Is it raining? No, but the ground is wet.
It has been raining.

This is how we form the PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS:

Affirmative:
Personal Pronoun + Verb Have Conjugated in Present + Verb To Be in Past Participle + Main Verb in
ING

I + have + been + playing

You + have + been + playing
He/She/It + has + been + playing
We + have + been + playing
You + have + been + playing
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They + have + been + playing

Negative:
Personal Pronoun + Verb Have Conjugated in Present + NOT + Verb To Be in Past Participle + Main
Verb in ING

I + have not haven’t + been + playing

You + have not haven’t + been + playing
He/She/It + has not hasn’t + been + playing
We + have not haven’t + been + playing
You + have not haven’t + been + playing
They + have not haven’t + been + playing

The verb Have works as an auxiliary in the NEG. and INT.

Interrogative:
Verb Have Conjugated in Present + Personal Pronoun + Verb To Be in Past Participle + Main Verb in
ING

Have + I + been + playing?

Have + You + been + playing?
Has + He/She/It + been + playing?
Have + We + been + playing?
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Have + You + been + playing?

Have + They + been + playing?
Let's see these examples:

It is raining now. It began raining two hours ago and it is still raining.

How long has it been raining?

It has been raining for two hours.

Frequently we use the present perfect continuous in this way, especially with the phrases how long and for…
and since. The activity is still taking place or just finished.

Other examples can be:

Tim has been watching television all day.

I’ve been looking for you for the last half hour.

George hasn’t been feeling well recently.

We can also use the present perfect continuous to describe actions that are done in a repeated way, during a
certain period of time.
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Debbie is a good tennis placer. She has been playing tennis since she was eight.