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Present Perfect Continuous Tense in English
Present Perfect Continuous Tense in English
Present Perfect Continuous Tense with Rules, Formula & Examples (Download PDF) – Present Perfect
Continuous tense shows that the action has been in continuous for certain time and time is given in
the sentences. To understand carefully, we have given all types of examples like affirmative, WH
questions, negative, and interrogative sentences with examples and rules, so that you can easily
understand it.
Now see how to make sentences for Present Perfect Continuous tense, what its rules, and examples,
and how to make them while making the sentence, so let’s start.
Formula –
• Since is used before point of time. Like (since 1980, since March, since Monday, since 5
o’ clock, since morning/evening/midnight/afternoon/childhood, etc).
• For is used before period of time. Like (for 5 years, for two days, for five minutes, for
three weeks, for a long time, for many days, etc).
• In Present Perfect Continuous tense, we use has/have been + 1st form of the main verb
+ ing.
• When the subject is I, you, we, they, or some plural number, we use have been + 1st
form of the main verb + ing.
• When the subject is he, she, it, or some singular number, we use has been + 1st form of
the main verb + ing.
We have given below 15 examples of Affirmative sentences for Present Perfect Continuous Tense so
that you can easily understand them.
Examples –
• In the present Perfect Continuous tense (negative sentences), not is put between has
been or have been (has not been / have not been)
• When the subject is I, you, we, they, or some plural number, we use have not been +
1st form of the main verb + ing.
• When the subject is he, she, it, or some singular number, we use has not been + 1st
form of the main verb + ing.
We have given below 15 examples of negative sentences for Present Perfect Continuous Tense so
that you can easily understand them.
Examples –
We have given below 15 examples of interrogative sentences for Present Perfect Continuous Tense
so that you can easily understand them.
Examples –
• WH – There are sentences whose answer requires more information. WH – are related,
when, who, why, where, how many, how, who.
• To form a WH-question, start with the WH-word, and then add has or have then Subject
followed by the base form of the verb, and only then add the rest of the sentence.
We have given below 5 examples of WH-Questions sentences for Present Perfect Continuous Tense
so that you can easily understand them.
Examples –
All these Present Perfect Continuous Tenses will help you to understand how to make sentences and
when and where to use these kinds of tenses.