Present Perfect Continuous

Affirmatives

Questions

Negatives

I
We
You
They

have + been + Ving

Have

I
we
you
they

been + Ving

I
We
You
They

have + not

been + Ving

He
She
It

has + been + Ving

Has

he
she
it

been + Ving

He
She
It

has + not

been + Ving

! There is only Active Present Perfect Continuous.

Stative (= that do not express action) verbs are not used in Present Perfect Continuous.

They are: agree, appear, believe, belong, concern, consist, contain, depend, deserve, disagree, dislike, doubt, feel (=have an opinion), fit, hate, hear, imagine, impress, include, involve, know, like, love, matter, mean, measure (=find out how long, wide, great, etc.), mind, need, own, owe, prefer, promise, realise, recognise, remember, see, seem, sound, suppose, surprise, understand, want, weigh (=find out how heavy), wish.

Tense expressions

  • all day/week/etc.
  • by now
  • for 5 years
  • for a week
  • for an hour
  • how long
  • just
  • lately
  • recently
  • since
  • so far, etc.

Meanings

Actions and situations, continuing up to the present or have just stopped and have a result.

Examples

He has been drinking whisky and playing the Jew’s harp for hours.

Where are you? I have been waiting for you for more than an hour.

You have been standing at the open window. You will get cold.

She has been driving the borrowed car for a month.

Look at her. She has been drinking all night. She will have a bad hangover tomorrow.

Someone has been ringing the doorbell. Why do not you open the door?

He has been undernourished and overworking, this is why his body is weak.

He has cut down on coffee and cigarettes, and has been eatinga balanced diet for over a month.

There is sawdust in your hair. ~ I'm not surprised. I have been cutting down a tree.

The children have been looking at television for too long. Turn it off.

A flood of cheap import has been coming into the shops.

They have been arguing against the plan since the beginning of the meeting.

The birds have been bathing in small ponds.This is why theirfeathers are wet.

He has been waiting for over an hour and is beginning to feel irritable.

You have been whispering all the time. The judge is furious. Hush.

That helicopter has been flying round the house for the last hour; do you think it's taking photographs?

The childrenhave been playing indoors for quite a long.Is it still raining?

The children have been looking forward to Christmas for months.

No wonder the engine is overheated, the oil has been leaking away during the whole journey.

I have been digging for worms to go fishing. That is why my hands are dirty.

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