The Present Perfect

Progressive
The present perfect progressive

Esta forma verbal se emplea cuando interesa destacar

la acción en sí misma más que el resultado; no se
precisa si la acción ha finalizado o no (la acción
comenzó en el pasado y puede que acabe de terminar
o que incluso continúe).

I have been reading a book.

(Resalto lo que he estado haciendo; no indico si he
finalizado el libro o no).
Este tiempo se utiliza también para indicar la duración
de una acción que comenzó en el pasado (y que acaba
de finalizar o aún continúa).

I have been waiting for him for 1 hour. (Puede que

la otra persona acabe de llegar o que yo aún siga
esperando).

El empleo de este tiempo indica que el emisor

considera que la duración ha sido larga.
Structure – Affirmative form
 Use of Present Perfect Progressive

 Puts emphasis on the duration or course of an action

(not the result).
She has been writing for two hours.

 Action that recently stopped or is still going on.

I have been living here since 2010.

 Finished action that influenced the present.

I have been working all afternoon.
I’m tired now.
 The use of For & Since

 For: A period of time

20 minutes, Three days, 6 months, 4 years, Two
centuries, A long time, Ever.

 Since: A point in past time

6:15 pm, Monday, January, 1994, 1800, I left school,
The beginning of time.
 More examples:

 I'm tired [now] because I've been running.

 Why is the grass wet [now]? Has it been raining?
 You don't understand [now] because you haven't
been listening.
 We've been studying since 9 o'clock. [We're still
studying now.]
 How long have you been learning English? [You
are still learning now.]
 We have not been smoking. [And we are not
smoking now.]