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Present Perfect Continous Tense
Fatimmatuz Zahro
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Definition Functions Patterns
Practices Quizzes References
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Present Perfect Coninous
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Definition
The Present Perfect Continous is made up of the Present Perfect Tense of the verb to be (have/has been) and the present participle of main verb (verb-ing).
Different from the present perfect tense because it focuses on how long an action happened, or the present results of an action
Uses “have” as the auxiliary to ask questions about how long an action has continued.
Uses “not” between “have” and “been” to make negative present continuous sentences.
Uses “for” and “since” to show the amount of time an action has happened.
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Functions
The Present Perfect Continous is used for
an action that began in the past and has been
continuing up to now (and may still be going
on).
Used for an action that began and just
finished in the past.Describes how long an action has continued.
Describes actions that have finished recently
and have results in the present.
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Patterns
(+) Subject + have/has +been +Verb-ing +
object.
(-) Subject + have/has + not + been +
Verb-ing + object.
(?) Have/has + subject + been + Verb-ing +
object.
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Time signals
For
Since
How long
All morning
All day
Lately
Recently
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Examples
1. Jun has been playing football for two hours.
2.
I have been waiting for
you since two hours ago.
3. Mr.Leon has not been
teaching Math in Junior
High School since 2003.
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Exercises
Change sentences into positive,negative and
interrogative !
1.(+) They have been playing with kittens all
afternoon.
(-) ___________________________________.
(?) ________________________________
2. (+) ___________________________________.
(-) Mrs.Jane has not been sitting here
for thirty minutes.
(?) _______________________________________
They have not been playing with kittens all afternoon.
Mr.Janes has been sitting here for thirty minutes.
Has Mr.Jane been sitting here for thirty minutes?
Have they been playing with kittens all afternoon?
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Exercises Cont’D
3.
(+) _______________________________________
(-) ______________________________________
(?) Has not Mr.Gael been driving all
morning?
Mr.Gael has been driving all morning
Mr.Gael has not been driving all morning.
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Quizzes
Wake up! You
_________________ sleeping
long enough.It’s time
to get up.
2. It ____________ raining all day.It’s
still raining right now.
3. The telephone has been
________ for almost a minute.
Why doesn’t someone answer it?
1. ..
Have been Has been
ringing
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Quizzes Cont’d
4. Izzie’s family ___________________
living in Paris since last June.
5. It’s midnight.I
______________________ for five
straight hours.No wonder I’m getting tired.
6. The baby is crying.
She ________________________ for
almost ten minutes.I wonder
what’s wrong.
Have been Have been studying Has been crying
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Quizzes Cont’d
7. My Uncle ____________________
about buying a used car from
the dealer.Do you think it’s a
good idea?
8. Your cooperation proposal
_____________________ by my
boss.
9. Ted has _____________ a short
story for about an hour.
Has been thinkingHave been reading Been writing
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Quizzes Cont’D
10.We haven’t __________________ that song for along time.
11. He _________________ listening to the music since 9 p.m.
12.They have ___________________very seriously.Been singing
Has been
Been discusing
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References
Schrampher,Betty Azhar.1989.Understanding And Using English Grammar.Second Edition.Prentice Hall Press.New York
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/presentperfectcontinuous.html
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