THE PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

Утворюється за допомогою have (has) been + -ing (Participle I –

дієприкметника теперішнього часу) основного дієслова.

Affirmative Negative Interrogative

I have been reading I have not been reading Have I been reading?
He has been reading He has not been reading Has he been reading?
She has been reading She has not been reading Has she been reading?
It has been raining It has not been raining Has it been raining?
We have been reading We have not been reading Have we been reading?
You have been reading You have not been reading Have you been reading?
They have been reading They have not been reading Have they been reading?

Вживання:
1. Для позначення дії, яка розпочалась у минулому, тривала певний
проміжок часу і все ще продовжується; як правило, початок дії позначається
словом since, а період дії – for.

e. g. I have been reading this book since yesterday.

I have been reading this book since I bought it.
I bought this book yesterday and have been reading it since.
He has been fighting for the rights of the homeless for more than 2 years.
2. Для позначення дії, яка розпочалась у минулому, тривала певний
проміжок часу і щойно завершилась.
e. g. We have been writing this test for an hour. Now we can hand it in.
3. Для позначення дії, результат якої передбачає виконання протягом
певного періоду.
e. g. There are puddles everywhere. It has been raining hard.
He looks tired. He has been running.
Слід запам’ятати, що дієслова, які не вживаються у формах Progressive/
Continuous, не можна вживати і в формах Perfect Continuous.
 e. g. I have known Tim for 10 years/ since childhood.
Крім того, дієслова to live, to work, to learn, to study вживаються в формах
Perfect зі значенням Perfect Continuous.
e. g. She has lived in Kamianets-Podilsky for all her life.