Present Perfect Continous

Use
1. An action that has just stopped or recently stopped
2. An action continuing up to now
Structure
1. Negative
  1. subject+have/has+not+been+verb _ing
    1. It hasn't been raining, I have watered the garden.
2. Question
  1. Have/has+subject+been+verb_ing+?
    1. Why is the ground wet? Has it been raining?
3. Affirmative
  1. subject+have/has+been+verb _ing
    1. It has been raining
Since
1. We use since to talk about a point in past time
  1. He's been studying since 1 o'clock
For
1. We use for to talk about a period of time
  1. He has been reading for 2 hours

Resource summary

	Created by Cynthiatl over 11 years ago