PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINOUS

AFFIRMATIVE	NEGATIVE	QUESTION
I have been working You have been working He/She/It has been working We have been working You have been working They have been working	I haven’t been working You haven’t been working He/She/It hasn’t been working We haven’t been working You haven’t been working They haven’t been working	Have I been working? Have you been working? Has he/she/it been working? Have we been working? Have you been working? Have they been working?

El Present Perfect Continuous se emplea para:

1.- Describir una actividad o acción que acaba de parar o que ha sucedido recientemente.

The ground is wet. It has been raining.

(El suelo está mojado. Ha estado lloviendo)

2.- Decribir una actividad que comenzó en el pasado y continúa hasta ahora. En este caso, lo traducimos por “llevo trabajando, llevo aprendiendo, lleva lloviendo…”

How long has it been raining? It’s been raining for two hours.

(¿cuánto tiempo lleva lloviendo? Lleva lloviendo dos horas.

HOW LONG …..? ¿Cuánto tiempo llevas….?

How long have you been learning English? I’ve been learning English since I was 3 years old.

FOR + a period of time (for two hours, for ages, for so long, for 3 years, …)

SINCE + a date (since 8 o`clock, since I was little, since 2009, …)

Click on the following links to practise PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

1.- Use of PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

2.- Verb Tenses Exercises

3.- Present Perfect Continuous