PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE

 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?

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Present Perfect Tense