Present Perfect

Continuous
Student: Sergio Armando Suarez
Garcia 7B
Maintenance Area Industrial
Teacher : Arnoldo Lares Hernandez
 Definition Present Perfect Continuous

The present perfect continuous tense (also known as the present perfect progressive tense) shows
that something started in the past and is continuing at the present time.

using the present perfect continuous verb tense conveys that reading War and Peace is an activity
that began sometime in the past and is not yet finished in the present.The present perfect
continuous usually emphasizes duration, or the amount of time that an action has been taking place
 Uses of Present Perfect Continuous

USE 1 Duration from the Past Until

USE 2 Recently, Lately
Now
You can also use the present perfect
We use the present perfect continuous to
continuous WITHOUT a duration such as
show that something started in the past
for two weeks. Without the duration, the
and has continued up until now. For five
tense has a more general meaning of
minutes, for two weeks, and since
lately. We often use the words lately or
Tuesday are all durations which can be
recently to emphasize this meaning.
used with the present perfect continuous.
Structure of Present Perfect Continuous
The Present Perfect Continuous have
three forms:
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