PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE
In the Present Perfect Continuous tense, the action has been taking place for some time and is still ongoing.The duration for which the action has been going on is usually mentioned in the present perfect continuous tense.

POSITIVE STATEMENTS

SUBJECT	HAVE BEEN/ HAS BEEN	VERB + ing	REST OF THE SENTENCE
I	have been	waiting	for an hour.
You	have been	waiting	for an hour.
He	has been	waiting	for an hour.
John	has been	waiting	for an hour.
The boy	has been	waiting	for an hour.
She	has been	waiting	for an hour.
Angel	has been	waiting	for an hour.
The girl	has been	waiting	for an hour.
We	have been	waiting	for an hour.
You	have been	waiting	for an hour.
They	have been	waiting	for an hour.
The children	have been	waiting	for an hour.

Notice that we use

• 'have been' with the subjects 'I', 'You', 'We' and 'They'
• 'has been' with the subjects 'He' and 'She'
• The verb form remains the same for all subjects.

NEGATIVE STATEMENTS

SUBJECT	HAVE NOT BEEN / HAS NOT BEEN	VERB + ing	REST OF THE SENTENCE
I	have not been	living	in London since March.
You	have not been	living	in London since March.
He	has not been	living	in London since March.
John	has not been	living	in London since March.
The boy	has not been	living	in London since March.
She	has not been	living	in London since March.
Angel	has not been	living	in London since March.
The girl	has not been	living	in London since March.
We	have not been	living	in London since March.
You	have not been	living	in London since March.
They	have not been	living	in London since March.
The children	have not been	living	in London since March.

Notice that we use

• 'have not been' with the subjects 'I', 'You', 'We' and 'They'
• 'has not been' with the subjects 'He' and 'She'
• The verb form remains the same for all subjects.

INTERROGATIVE STATEMENTS / QUESTIONS

HAVE / HAS	SUBJECT	BEEN	VERB + ing	REST OF THE SENTENCE
Have	I	been	working	hard for the last three days?
Have	you	been	working	hard for the last three days?
Has	he	been	working	hard for the last three days?
Has	John	been	working	hard for the last three days?
Has	the boy	been	working	hard for the last three days?
Has	she	been	working	hard for the last three days?
Has	Angel	been	working	hard for the last three days?
Has	the girl	been	working	hard for the last three days?
Have	we	been	working	hard for the last three days?
Have	you	been	working	hard for the last three days?
Have	they	been	working	hard for the last three days?
Have	the men	been	working	hard for the last three days?

Notice that we use

• 'have' with the subjects 'I', 'You', 'We' and 'They'
• 'has' with the subjects 'He' and 'She'
• The verb form remains the same for all subjects

I have been singing
How do we make the Present Perfect Continuous Tense?
The structure of the present perfect continuous tense is:

subject	+	auxillary verb	+	auxillary verb	+	main verb
		have has		been		base+ing

Here are some examples of the present perfect continuous tense:

	subject	auxillary verb		auxillary verb	main verb
+	I	have		been	waiting	for one hour.
+	You	have		been	talking	too much.
	It	has	not	been	raining.
	We	have	not	been	playing	fotball.
?	Have	you	.	been	seeing	her?
?	Have	they		been	doing	their homework?

Contractions
When we use the present perfect continuous tense in speaking, we often contract the subject and the first auxiliary. We also sometimes do this in informal writing.

I have been	I've been
You have been	You've been
He has been She has been It has been John has been The car has been	He's been She's been It's been John's been The car's been
We have been	we've been
They have been	They've been

Here are some examples:

• I've been reading.
• The car's been giving trouble.
• We've been playing tennis for two hours.
• How do we use the Present Perfect Continuous Tense?
  This tense is called the present perfect continuous tense. There is usually a connection with the present or now. There are basically two uses for the present perfect continuous tense:
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