MANABI TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

Institute of Languages
-English Department-
AUTHORS:

Aray Intriago Maria Euladys

De La Cruz Casa Lady

THEME
Present Continuous Perfect

LEVEL:
Fourth “L”

PROFESSOR:
Lcda. Donoso Cedeño María Monserrate

Portoviejo – Manabí – Ecuador

April 2018/ August 2018

 PRESENT CONTINUOUS PERFECT
The present continuous perfect, often has the equivalence to the translation "to take +
gerund" in Spanish, but the use of this form is more frequent in English. It is used for
actions that have started in the past but continue in the present.

Gramatical Rules
Form
As in the present perfect, we use the auxiliary verb "to have" in addition to "been" (the
past participle of the verb "to be") plus the verb + ing.

Structure
1. Affirmative Sentences

 They have been talking for three hours

 She has been studying English since she was 16

2. Negative Sentences

 They haven’t been talking for more than a few minutes.

 She hasn’t been studying English for very long

3. Interrogative Sentences

 Have they been talking for a long time?

 Have you been waiting long?

USE
We use this time when we want to express the sense of the continuity of an action that
has begun in the past and that still lasts in the present or that has just ended.

We refer to something that we have been doing over a period of time, therefore, we use
the prepositions of time "for" and "since". For example:
 John has been working at the bank since 2003
 We have been planning our vacation for over a month
If we use the present continuous perfect without a period of time, it means "lately" or
"recently".
 Have you been feeling ok lately?

BIBLIOGRAPHY
https://www.curso-ingles.com/aprender/cursos/nivel-avanzado/verb-tenses-present-
perfect/present-perfect-continuous