Present Perfect Progressive Tense
Present perfect progressive tense shows an action that started in the past, has continued up to the present moment, and will be in the future. The present perfect continuous tense is used to show duration or the amount of time that an action has been taking place.
Examples:
- They have been discussing the issue for three hours.
- He has been working at a telecom company for ten years.
- She has been cooking since 2020.
- It has been raining since morning.
This tense is also defined as an action that started in the
past, is in progress in the present, and will continue in the future.
- I have been studying English.
- She has been teaching at the City University of London.
Present Perfect Progressive Forms
The present perfect is formed by using has/have + been +
present participle form of the verb. In questions we use has/have at the
beginning of the sentence. Negatives are made with not.
Affirmative:
Subject + has/have + been + verb (present participle form) . .
. . . .
- I have been waiting here for one hour.
- She has been sleeping for six hours.
- Babar has been teaching at the City University of London since 2015.
- They have been playing football since they were children.
Negative:
Subject + has/have + not + been + verb (present participle
form) . . . . . .
- I have not been waiting here for one hour.
- She has not been sleeping for six hours.
- Ali has not been teaching at the City University of London since 2018.
- They have not been playing football since they were children.
Interrogative:
Has/have + subject + been + verb (present participle form) . .
. . . .
- Have you been waiting here for one hour?
- Has she been sleeping for six hours?
- Has Ali been teaching at the City University of London since 2018?
- Have they been playing football since they were children?
Negative and Interrogative:
Has/have + not + subject + been + verb (present participle form) . . . . . . (Am Eng)
- Have not you been waiting here for two hours?
- Has not she been sleeping for six hours?
- Hasn't Ali been teaching at the City University of London since 2018?
- Have not they been playing football since they were children?
Has/have + subject + not + been + verb (present participle form) . . . . . . (Br Eng)
- Have you not been waiting here for two hours?
- Has she not been sleeping for six hours?
- Has Ali not been teaching at the City University of London since 2018?
- Have they not been playing football since they were children?
Yes/No Questions and short Answers
A question that is answered by Yes or No is called a Yes/No
Question.
A short answer means to use just subject and auxiliary after
yes or no to answer. A comma is used after Yes or No.
Ex:
- Have you been teaching at the City University of London since 2020?
Yes, I have.
- Have you been studying for more than 2 hours?
No, I have not.
Information Questions (wh questions) and Answers
A question that is asked to interrogate or get information is
called an information question.
Ex:
- What has she been doing since morning?
- She has been studying since morning.
- Where have they been waiting for us for an hour?
- They have been waiting for us at the bus station for an hour.
- Why has he been studying math for five hours?
- Because he has math paper.
- Who has been suffering from fever since last night?
- Ali has been suffering from fever since last night.
- Whose business has he been running for five years?
- He has been running his own business for five years.
- Which book has she been studying for three months?
- She has been studying English Grammar Book for three months.
- How has it been raining since morning?
- It has been raining cats and dogs since morning.
