PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE

PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE

1. Expresses an action that recently stopped or is still going on.

   • It puts emphasis on the duration or course of the action.

2. USES

   • Puts emphasis on the duration or course of an action (not the result)
     • EXAMPLE: She has been writing for two hours.
   • Action that recently stopped or is still going on
     • EXAMPLE:I have been living here since 2001.
   • Finished action that influenced the present
     • EXAMPLE:I have been working all afternoon.

3. STRUCTURE

   • AFFIRMATIVE
     • Subject
       • have/has
         • been
           • verb(base+ing)
             • complement
     • EXAMPLE: I have(I´ve) been playing handball.
   • NEGATIVE
     • Subject
       • have/has(not)
         • been
           • verb(base+ing)
             • complement
     • EXAMPLE:He has not been writting the notes.
   • INTERROGATIVE
     • Have/Has
       • subject
         • been
           • verb(base+ing)
             • complement
     • EXAMPLE: Has he been speaking?

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