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PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
Belén Carabaño Arand
Created on January 14, 2024
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present perfect continuous
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STRUCTURE
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I HAVE BEEN TRAVELLING SINCE THE MORNING
Auxilary(have/has)
Subject
BEEN
verb-ing
1ST USE
Talk about activities which started in the past and are still continuing now.
EXAMPLES
EXIT
She has been running for an hour (She started running an hour ago and she is still running)
2nd USE
EXIT
Talk about actions with a result in the present. These actions may or may not be complete
I'm tired because I have been working Jack's feeling ill because he hasn't been eating well
3rd USE
EXIT
Talk about actions which began in the past and continue to the present, but perhaps we are not doing the action at the time of speaking.
We have been studying Spanish for six months (= We started studying six months ago and we are still studying but we are not studying at this exact moment)
PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE
EXIT
Show that the action is finished, or to focus on what (and how much) we have completed in a period of time
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
I have written an email
Show that an action is still going on, or to focus on how long something has been in progress
I have written twelve emails this morning
I have been reading this book for two days
She has been writing books for many years She has written over twenty books
I have been reading detective stories for years
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