Present Perfect Continuous Tense

By:
Group 2
# Annisa Putri
# Dinda Nada Nabillah
# Khairunnisa
# Mitha Ramadhani

Present Perfect Continuous Tense

Present Perfect Continuous Tense is used to
indicate an unfinished action the continuous
form the past up till the future time.

Present perfect continuous are

made up of the verb
have/has + past participle .
The time expressions used are
for, since, etc.

Formula :
(+) S + have/has + been + verb-ing O adv.
(- ) S + have/has + not + been + verb-ing O
adv.
(?) (WH) + have/has + S + been + verb- ing O
adv.

Example :
(+) I have been waiting for the bus for more than
an hour
(-) I havent been waiting for the bus for more
than an hour
(?) Have you been waiting for the bus for more than
an hour ?

Meanwhile,
the Present
Perfect Continuous informed
by the Present Perfect of the
verb to be + the present
participle.

This tense is used to express :

action that began in the past and is
still continuing.
example : I have been waiting for the
bus for an hour
action that are repeat over a period of
time
example : They have been flying since
they were teenagers.
questions how long ( an activity that is still
happening )
example : I have been reading a book since half
an hour ago