Present Perfect Progressive

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Present Perfect Progressive

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When do we use Present Perfect Progressive?

For unfinished actions

To say that an action started in the past and it's currently happening. We use "since" and "for". Asks the question "how long".

For temporary habits or situations but without answering the question of "how long". We use "recently" instead

For finished actions that have been recently stopped and have a result.

What is the PPP's structure?

Negative form

Affirmative form

• Subject + HAVE/HAS + NOT + BEEN + verb (-ing)

• I have not (I haven't) been going to school since last year
• She has not (hasn't) been eating well lately
• We have not (haven't) been exercising since January

• Subject + HAVE/HAS + BEEN + verb (-ing)

• I have been exercising
• She has been doing her homework for hours
• They have been working on the company for ages.

What is the PPP's structure?

Interrogative form

• HAVE/HAS + Subject + BEEN + Verb (-ing)

• How long have you been working here?
• Have you been doing your project the whole day?
• Has he been studying French since he was a child?.

I should leave, I have been waiting so long

You have been working here since 2019

He has been running lately

She has been reading that book since December

They will marry, they have been dating years ago