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Present Perfect Progressive

Present

Past Future

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Present Perfect

Progressive

Form: have/ has + been + present participle(-ing form of the V. )

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The present perfect progressive is used to indicate the duration of an activity that began in the past and continues to the present.

Examples:

1. The children are playing right now. They have been playing for two hours.

2. They have been dancing and singing for two hours now.

Present Perfect Progressive

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Notice: When the tense indicates the duration of an

activity started in the past and continues to the present, time expressions are used such as

Examples: You have been studying for five straight hours. It has been raining all day. It is still raining right

now.

Present Perfect Progressive

for, since, all morning, all day, all week, etc.

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Notice: Verbs with stative meanings are not used in the

progressive. DO NOT USE PRESENT

PERFECT PROGRESSIVE.

CORRECT: I have known Samia since she was a child.

INCORRECT: I have been knowing Samia since she was a child.

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Present Perfect + stative verbs =

describe the duration of a state rather

than an activity

Present Perfect Progressive

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FuturePast

Present

(recently)

Present Perfect Progressive

Notice:

When the tense is used without any specific mention of time, it expresses a general activity in progress recently, lately.

Examples:• I have been thinking about changing my major.•My back hurts, so I have been sleeping on the floor lately.

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FuturePast

Present

(recently)

Present Perfect Progressive

Notice:

With certain verbs (most notably live, work, teach), there is little or no difference in meaning between the two tenses when since or for is used.

Present Perfect

I have lived here since 1995.

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I have been living here since 1995.

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