Illustration:
Andrew : How long have you been living
here?
Anne : I have been living here for six
years.
Andrew : Where do you work?
Anne : I work in Hilton hotel.
Andrew : How long have you been working
there?
Anne : I have been working there for two
years.
Andrew : Do you enjoy working there?
Anne : Yes, I enjoy working there so
much.
Functions:
·
Present
perfect continuous is used to express about activities
started in the past and it is still going on until now.
Example:
I started working in
this office two years ago, and I am still working here now.
So we can say:
I
have been working in this office for two years.
Or
I
have been working in this office since two years ago.
·
Present
perfect continuous also can be used to express about cause
and effect.
Example:
Why are you so tired?
I
have been working overtime so I am so tired.
Pattern:
(+)
Subject + have/has + been + Verb. Ing + Object / complement.
(-) Subject + have/has + not + been
+ Verb. Ing + Object / complement.
(?) Have/has + Subject + been +
verb. Ing + object / complement?
Note:
Have : I, You, They, We
Has : She, He, It
Time signal: since, for
Example:
(+). She has been
reading novel for 30 minutes.
(-). She has not been reading novel for 30 minutes.
(?). Has she been
reading novel for 30 minutes? Yes, she has/ No, she has not
Exercises:
I.
Write the correct sentences in the
space available!
1. (+).
We have been studying” present perfect continuous” for 15
minutes.
(-).
________________________________________________________
(?).
________________________________________________________
2. (+).
__________________________________________
(-).
She has not been listening to music since an hour ago.
(?).
___________________________________________
3. (+).
___________________________________________
(-).
____________________________________________
(?).
Have you been working in this company for 3 years?
4. (+).
My father has been driving car for 100 km.
(-).
___________________________________
(?).
___________________________________
5. (+).
______________________________________________
(-).
They have not been doing homework since 15 minutes ago.
(?)._______________________________________________
II.
Answer the questions orally!
1. How
long have you been reading this lesson?
2. How
long have you been studying at your school?
3. What
have you been doing since this morning?
4. Where
have you been working?
5. Where
have you been living?
III.
Write the suitable causes of this
case?
1. Why
is your father so tired?
2. Why
are your eyes so red?
3. Why
are your clothes dirty?
4. Why
is your sister sad?
5. Why
are you so happy?
Related topic:
Present Perfect Tense
Present Perfect Tense
