PRESENT PERFECT

CONTINUOUS

1 WHEN IT IS USED
To talk about actions that started in the past
and continue into the present.
To emphasize the duration of an action that
has been happening recently.
To express an action that has just finished and
whose effects are still felt in the present.
To ask questions about the duration or
frequency of an action.

STRUCTURES IN ITS
AFFIRMATIVE, NEGATIVE, 2
AND INTERROGATIVE FORMS .
Affirmative:
Subject + have/has + been + verb in gerund
form (-ing)
Negative:
Subject + have/has + not + been + verb in
gerund form (-ing)
Interrogative:
Have/Has + subject + been + verb in gerund
form (-ing)?

EXAMPLES IN THE
3
AFFIRMATIVE
I have been working on this
project for two hours.
She has been atudying
English since las year.
They have been playing
football all afternoon.

EXAMPLES IN THE
4
NEGATIVE
He has not been sleeping
well lately.
We have not been watching
TV for hours.
She has not been feeling
well this week.

EXAMPLES IN THE
5
INTERROGATIVE
Have you been waiting forr
long?
Has she been practicing piano
all day?
Have they been working
together on this project?