• Es un tiempo continuo que conecta el pasado con el presente. • Sirven para denotar acciones que comenzaron en el pasado y continúan en el presente • Pueden determinar acciones que ocurrieron en el pasado reciente y que tiene una acción observable en el tiempo actual Estructura Oraciones afirmativas: Sujeto+have/has+been+verbo (-ing) I have been working all day. Oraciones negativas: Sujeto+haven’t/hasn’t+been+verbo(-ing) She hasn’t been doing his part Oraciones interrogativas Have/has+sujeto+been+verbo (-ing)+? Has She been doing exercises? Ejemplos Afirmativas I have been reading for 2 hours. He has been working at that company for three years. He has been watching TV for two hours. Negativas She hasn’t been feeling well We haven’t been studying hard We haven’t been making progress Interrogativas How long have you been learning English? Have you been waiting here for two hours? What have you been doing since I last saw you?