PRESENT

PERFECT
CONTINOUS
PRESENT BY:
IAM MARCO GUZMÁN
ARTEAGA

EIGHTH GRADE
 DEFINITION
• Is a unspecific temporary period between
the past and present

WHEN IT IS USED?

• It is used for actions that have

begun in the past and continue
in the present.
GRAMMATICAL RULERS
FORM
• It used auxiliary verb “to have/has”, the addition “been” and
plus the verb more “ING”

EXAMPLE

Subject Verb auxiliary + Verb+ing

been
I, YOU, WE, THEY, have been Talking
HE, SHE, IT has been Talking
 • Negative sentences
STRUCTURE
Subjec + verb auxiliary +Verb+ ing
t +not + been
• Affirmative sentences
You haven´t been studying
English for
Subject + verb +Verb+ ing
very long
auxiliary +
been He hasn’t been listening for
more than a
I have been studying
few minutes
English was 13
years.
She has been listening to
• Interrogative sentences
music for five verb + subject + been +Verb+ ing
hours. auxiliar ?
y
Have they been studying
English for a
long time?
Has she been listening to
USE
• We use the prepositions of time “for” and “since”.
• If we use the prepositions without a period time,
We use the “lately” or “recently”

EXAMPLE

 I can’t believe it is still raining. It’s been

raining for a week now
 John has been working at the bank
since 2003
 Have you been feeling ok lately?
 He hasn’t been studying recently