Unit 10 Present Perfect Continuous

Positive ទំរខ់ប្សប Negative ទំរខ់បែង្ិ សធ

Sub has/have been Ving Obj Sub has/have not been Ving Obj
I have been reading book. I have not been painting wall.
You have been reading book. You have not been painting wall.
We have been reading book. We have not been painting wall.
They have been reading book. They have not been painting wall.
He has been reading book. He has not been painting wall.
She has been reading book. She has not been painting wall.
It has been reading book. It has not been painting wall.

Yes / No Question ទំរខ់សំៃរួ Yes/No Wh-questions ទំរខ់សំៃួរង្ផ្តម

ើ ង្ោយ Wh
Has/Have sub been Ving Obj? Wh-Q has/have sub been Ving?
Have I been reading book? What have I been doing?
Have you been reading book? What have you been doing?
Have we been reading book? What have we been doing?
Have they been reading book? What have they been doing?
Has he been reading book? What has he been doing?
Has she been reading book? What has she been doing?
Has it been reading book? What has it been doing?
The Use of Present Perfect Continuous ការង្ប្បើប្រស់របស់ Present Perfect Continuous
១. សកមមភាពន្ែ រៃង្កើ ង្ ខ
ើ ង្ៅកនុខអ ី កា ង្ហយ
ើ ង្ៅន្ បៃតង្កើ ង្ ខ
ើ រហូ ែ ់ង្ព បចចុបបៃន
1. An activity that began in the past and it is still continuing now
- I have been studying at Bak Touk high school for 6 years.
- Julie has been living in Kampong Cham province since 2015.
- They have been waiting for the bus for hours.
- She has been working here since 2010.
2. Temporary Activity (សកមមភាពបង្្ត ោះអាសៃន)
- John has been living with his friend for a few weeks.
- They have been working at Orange Company for a few months.
3. Uncompleted Actions (សកមមភាពមៃ
ិ ទៃ់បញ្ច ប់)
- They have been painting their house full month.
- She has been renovating her house full year.
- I have been reading this book all day.
៤. សកមមភាពអ ី កា ន្ែ រៃបខាង្ហ ុង្ៅកនុខង្ព បចចុបបៃន (អ ី កា ថ្ម)ី
4. A past activity has caused a present result. (Current Past)
- Your mother has been cooking. “I can smell it.”
- They have been walking through the rain. “They are wet.”
- They are so tired, they have been playing soccer.
- I am tired, I have been studying.
- Has he been crying? “Her eyes are red.”
5. Repeated actions (សកមមភាពប្សំន្ែ ) “start, find, lose, begin, stop, die, decide, cut”
- I have been losing my keys many times in a day.
- I have been stopping smoking for a year.
- She has been trying engraving these letters for a few days.
** Note: We can't use this tense (or any other continuous tense) with State Verbs.

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Practice 10: Make the present perfect continuous positive, negative or question:
1. (she / work here for five years)
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2. (I / study all day)
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3. (you / eat a lot recently)
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4. (we / live in London for six months)
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5. (he / play football so he’s tired)
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6. (they / learn English for two years)
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7. (I / cook so I’m really hot)
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8. (she / go to the cinema every weekend for years)
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9. (it / rain, the pavement is wet)
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10. (you / sleep for twelve hours)
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11. (how long / you / study Japanese?)
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12. (where / she work?)
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13. (how long / she / play tennis?)
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14. (what / they / drink?)
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15. (how long / you / live here?)
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16. (what / the child / eat?)
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17. (how long / he / work in the bank?)
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18. (where / she / buy food?)
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19. (how long / we / wait for the bus?)
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20. (what / you / do all day?)
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