PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

●AFFIRMATIVE.
S + HAVE/HAS + BEEN + VB –ING

She has been running for two hours.

They have been eating in a very good
restaurant.
●NEGATIVE.
S+ HAVE/HAS + NOT+ BEEN + VB –ING.

He hasn’t been studying for the exam.

I haven’t been playing on the computer.
●INTERROGATIVE.
HAVE/HAS + S + BEEN + VB –ING?

Have you been painting the room?

How long have you been sleeping?
 USE
●For unfinished actions (Action verbs) to talk
about actions which started in the past and are
still true now.
She has been working in this company for
4 years.

●For continuous or repeated actions which have

been happening very recently.
Your eyes are red. Have you been
drinking?
No, I have been crying.
PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE / PRESENT
PERFECT CONTINUOUS
●We usually use the present perfect SIMPLE
with non-action verbs (verbs of state and
feeling).
I have been married for three years.
We have known each other since we were children.
●We usually use the present perfect
CONTINUOUS with action verbs.
We have been waiting for you together for a
long time.