PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

● Vale lembrar que o P.P (present perfect) é quando usamos o HAVE/HAS

como auxiliar para falar sobre coisas que aconteceram no passado ou
acabaram de acontecer mas ainda fazem sentido no presente.

Ex: My father has just died. That's why my mother is crying today.
I’ve lost my keys.
You’ve just crossed the red line.

● O verbo "CONTINUOUS" é uma ação que está acontecendo, para

representar isso nós usamos o ING.

Ex: She is eating the cake.

I’m living abroad.
My father likes walking with his dog.

● Quando juntamos essas duas formas, nós criamos o Present perfect

continuous. Que é uma ação que não foi concluída no passado e ainda está
acontecendo.
● Para formarmos o P.P.C nós usamos sempre o verbo to be. A forma de
escrever essas orações são: Sujeito + verbo to have no simple present +
verbo to be no present perfect + verbo principal com –ing +
complemento. Ou seja:

I (sujeito) + have (p.p) + been (to be no p.p) + loving (verbo com ing) +
you since the day I saw you for the first time (complemento).
/Eu amo você desde o dia que eu te vi pela primeira vez/

Ex: She has been eating cake all week.

I’ve been drinking a lot of water in order to lose weight.
you’ve been messing with my kids since last night.

● A forma negativa é, assim como as demais formas, acrescentar o NOT junto

ao verbo auxiliar da frase (HAVE/HAS).

Ex: He hasn’t been working lately.

I haven’t been shopping, that’s why we don’t have food.
They haven’t been selling too many hot dogs.
 ● A forma interrogativa nós invertemos a posição do verbo auxiliar com o
sujeito.

Ex: Have you been working all day long?

Has she been parking here during the week?
Haven’t we been studying a lot?

EXERCISES

1) Escreva a frase abaixo nas formas negativa e interrogativa:

a) He has been studying spanish for three years.
2) Qual das frases abaixo não está no present perfect continuous?

a) I have been working much lately.

b) I've been studying english since 8 o'clock
c) Have you been looking for a new job?
d) It's been raining all day.
e) She has studied spanish for five years.

3) Conjugue o verbo to be (ser/estar) no present perfect continuous.

4) He (work) in this company since 1985.
5) I (wait) for you since two o'clock.
6) Mary (live) in Germany since 1992.
7) Why is he so tired? He (play) tennis for five hours.
8) How long (learn / you) English?
9) We (look for) the motorway for more than an hour.
10) I (live) without electricity for two weeks.
11) The film (run / not) for ten minutes yet, but there's a commercial break
already.
12) How long (work / she) in the garden?
13) She (not / be) in the garden for more than an hour.
14)It has _____ snowing a lot this week.

a) be b) been c) being

15) _____ your brother and sister been getting along?

a) Have b) Has c) Are

16) Rick _____ been studying hard this semester.

a) 's b) s c) 've
17)I'm tired because I _____ been working out.
a) 've b) has c) am
18)5. Julie ________ living in Italy since May.

a) has being b) is been c) has been

19)6. Did you know he's been teaching German _____ fifteen years?
 a) before b) since c) for

20) We have been watching TV _____ we had dinner.

a) for b) since c) by

21)He has ________ too hard today.

a) working b) works c) been working

22)Has it _____ raining since you arrived?

a) be b) been c) is

23)My brother has been traveling _____ two months.

a) since b) for c) by