PRESENT PERFECT

CONTINUOUS
Affirmative Form
Caldern Mndez Yanely
Mendoza Hernndez Iris Araceli
Uribe Roa Ana Karen
Snchez Gallardo Giovanni
Eduardo Ruiz

Present Perfect Continuous or

Progressive

The present perfect progressive expresses an action

that recently stopped or is still going on. It puts
emphasis on the duration or course of the action.

Structure

The present perfect continuous is made up of two elements: the

present perfect of the verb'to be'(have/has been), and the present
participle of the main verb (verb+ing).

Subject + Auxiliaries + Gerund Verb + Complement

I, He, She,
It, We, You,
They

Have/ Has
been

They have been talking for three

hours

Verb + ing

He has been studying English since he was

10

Functions

The present perfect continuous refers to anunspecified timebetween 'before now' and
'now, and is interested in theprocess as well as the result,and this process may still be
going on, or may have just finished.

ACTIONS THAT STARTED IN THE PAST

AND CONTINUE IN THE PRESENT
*Shehas been waitingfor you all day
(and she's still waiting now).

ACTIONS THAT HAVE JUST FINISHED,

BUT WE ARE INTERESTED IN THE
RESULTS

*I have been workingon this report

since eight o'clock this morning (and I still
haven't finished it).

*She has been cookingsince last night

(and the food on the table looks
delicious).

*They have been travellingsince last

October (and they're not home yet).

Examples

Ihave been workingin this restaurant for ten years

I have been doingthree English exercisessince 6 o'clock

Theyhave been walkingin the park for an hour

I have been spending so much lately

George has been living in London for 20 years

Alice has been dancing all night

She has been waiting for you all day

Samuel has been travelling since last August