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Present Perfect Continuous

We use the present perfect continuous to express an activity that has just finished or that just simply finished. Examples: Is it raining? No, but the ground is wet. It has been raining. This is how we form the PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS Affirmative: Personal Pronoun ! "erb Have #onjugated in $resent ! Verb To Be in $ast $articiple ! Main Verb in ING I ! %ou ! He/S e/It ! We ! %ou ! They ! have have as have have have ! ! ! ! ! ! been been been been been been ! ! ! ! ! ! playing playing playing playing playing playing

Ne!ative: Personal Pronoun ! "erb Have #onjugated in $resent ! N'T ! Verb To Be in $ast $articiple ! Main Verb in ING I ! %ou ! He/S e/It ! We ! %ou ! They ! have have as have have have not not not not not not haven(t haven(t asn"t haven(t haven(t haven(t ! ! ! ! ! ! been been been been been been ! ! ! ! ! ! playing playing playing playing playing playing

The verb )ave wor*s as an auxiliary in the N+,. and INT. Interro!ative: "erb Have #onjugated in $resent ! Personal Pronoun ! Verb To Be in $ast $articiple ! Main Verb in ING )ave )ave Has )ave )ave ! ! ! ! ! I ! %ou ! He/S e/It ! We ! %ou ! been been been been been ! ! ! ! ! playing? playing? playing? playing? playing?

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It is raining now. It began raining two hours ago and it is still raining. )ow long has it been raining? It has been raining for two hours. .re/uently we use the present perfect continuous in this way, especially with the phrases how long and for0 and since. The activity is still ta*ing place or just finished. %t er examples &an be: Tim has been watching television all day. I(ve been looking for you for the last half hour. ,eorge hasnt been feeling well recently. We can also use the present perfect continuous to describe actions that are done in a repeated way, during a certain period of time.

2ebbie is a good tennis placer. 3he has been playing tennis since she was eight.