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Present Perfect Progresive

Estrella Landaverde

Created on May 6, 2024

The present perfect progressive tense helps us talk about actions that have recently stopped or that has been continually happening.

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Present Perfect Progressive

Uses

The present perfect progressive tense helps us talk about actions that have recently stopped or that has been continually happening. The uses of this tense are:

Actions that put emphasis on the duration of an action which started in the past and continues up to the present:

Actions which started and in the past and has lasted for some time:

Used to express anger, annoyance, or irritation:

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Have or Has?

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I have been writing this essay for a week.
Who has been eating my snacks?
She has been going to the gym for three years.

This verbal tense uses the auxiliary verb: have or has.

• We use have when we use the pronouns: I, We, You, They; or when we are referring to a plural subject. • We use has when we use the pronouns: He, She, It; or when we are referring to the singular third person.

Structures

The grammatical structures are:

References

• Canal Ellii (formerly ESL Library). (14 de septiembre 2020). Present Perfect Progressive – Grammar & Verb Tenses [Archivo de Vïdeo]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCzJN0g5NHQ&t=50s Evans V., D. J. (2004). Grammarway 3. E.U.: Express Publishing. • Murphy, R. (2006). Basic Grammar in Use. China: Cambridge.