Present perfect continuos and past perfect continuos

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOS AND PAST PERFECT CONTINUOS

Structure and how to use

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PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOS

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PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOS

Structure

POSITIVESubject + have/has + been + verb (ing) NEGATIVE Subject + have/ has + been + verb (ing) INTERROGATIVE have/ has + subject + been + verb (ing) + ?

Present perfect continuos is a tense that we use specifically to talk about an action that began in the past but continues in the present

-he has been going to the morning walk-we have been working for two years -jacqueline has been laughing for 30 minutes

EXAMPLES

-i HAVENT BEEN LAYING THIS GAME DOR TWO HOURS-benito hasnt been sleeping well lately -you havent been studying enogh to do well in school

-have you been feeling better these days?-how long have you been playing futbol? -have they been traveling aroud europe?

PAST PERFECT CONTINUOS

Structure and how to use

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Past PERFECT CONTINUOS

Structure

POSITIVESubject + had + been + verb (ing) NEGATIVE Subject + had not + been + verb (ing) INTERROGATIVE Had + subject + been + verb (ing) + ?

We use the past perfect continuos to narrate actions thet began in the past and wee carried out for a certain time, until they were interrumped by an event

-CECI had been crying when i found her-benito had been playing football in the field before it started to rain -we had been shopping in the marke before you came home

EXAMPLES

-they had not been speaking to each other for years_jacqueline had not been looking the movie for 3 hours _daysi had not been typing the essay since monday

what had yoy been going?how long had carlos been playing on the computer? how long had it snowing?