🎃 Rules Present Perfect Continuous Tense

Rule: Subject + Helping verb +form of verb 1 with "ing" + object. I have been studying English for two hours. Subject: I. Auxiliary verb: have. Been. Base form of the verb: study. -ing: studying. Formula: Examples: He has been eating the food for 15 minutes. He has been searching me since morning. He has been inviting us for three days. Present perfect continuous tense expresses the action which is occurred in the past, and they proceed in the current situation or maybe in the future. It is also known as Present Perfect Progressive Tense. It is a combination of two tenses, the present continuous and the present perfect tense. 1. One of the main reasons that we use the present perfect continuous tense, also called the present perfect progressive tense, is to refer to an action that: began sometime in the past; has continued to happen until the current moment; will likely continue to happen for an unknown amount of time. 2. Table of content. 1 Definition of Present Perfect Continuous Tense. 1.1 Using Present Perfect Continuous Tense sentences to describe: 1.2 Examples of Past Perfect Tense. 1.2.1 Duration of the action from the Past until present. 1.2.2 Events occurring recently or lately. 1.2.3 Using 'Since' and 'For'. 1.3 Some important points: We use both the present perfect simple ( have or has + past participle) and the present perfect continuous ( have or has + been + -ing form) to talk about past actions or states which are still connected to the present. Focusing on result or activity. The present perfect continuous tense, also known as the present perfect progressive, is used to show that something started in the past but is continuing at the the present moment or has very recently finished. It is formed by using have/has been + present particle (verb+ing): have/has been + present participle. They have been exercising since 3pm. 30 mins. English tenses. The present perfect continuous is used to refer to an unspecified time between 'before now' and 'now'. The speaker is thinking about something that started but perhaps did not finish in that period of time. The present perfect progressive (continuous) tense describes actions that began in the recent past with continuation into the present—i.e., the action initiated earlier either hasn't stopped or has stopped only recently. The formula for writing in the present perfect progressive tense is: have or has + been + present participle. has been writing. 1. Indicate an action that began in the past and continues to the present. Use the present perfect continuous tense to indicate an action that began in the past and is still happening in the present. Examples: He has been sleeping since 7 last night. nqKrY.

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