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PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

Carlos Ramos
DEFINITION
Present Perfect Continuous se refiere a un periodo
temporal inespecífico situado entre el pasado y el
presente. Lo usamos para referirnos a algo que empezó
en el pasado y que puede o no haber concluido. Es
posible que dicho proceso acabe de terminar o que aún
no haya finalizado.
(+) Structure
☺ + HAVE/HAS + BEEN + ACTION VERB + ING + comp

They have been talking all year


I have been doing my thing
He has been running this summer
She has been dancing in the club
We have been having fun
They have been being naughty
(-) Structure
☺ + HAVE/HAS + NOT + BEEN + ACTION VERB + ING + comp

She hasn’t been studying English a lot of time


I haven’t been travelling since 2019
We haven’t been talking for a month
Don’t worry, I haven’t been waiting too much
(?) Structure
HAVE/HAS + ☺ + BEEN + ACTION VERB + ING + comp + ?

Have they been talking for a long time?


Have you been waiting long?
Has she been wearing makeup?
Have you been using sunscreen lately?
Have I been drinking these days?
FOR & SINCE
Como usamos este tiempo cuando queremos expresar
continuidad de una acción, que ha comenzado en el
pasado y que dura todavía en el presente o que acaba
de terminar. Nos ayudamos de FOR y SINCE para ser
especificios en nuestro tiempo.
FOR & SINCE
• FOR indica duración o un período de tiempo, su
equivalente en español es durante. Pero no se utiliza
como todo, como en: “todo el día” o “todo el
tiempo”.

I always run for one hour


We dated for one year
I tried to talk for a week but then I got tired
FOR & SINCE
• SINCE indica el principio de un período de tiempo.
Como tal, puede ser traducido como desde en
español y se usa como un punto de tiempo específico
en el pasado.

I have been running since 8 am


We have been dating since 2020
I have been trying to talk since last week

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