The present perfect continuous tense is used to express the action which is started in the past and is continuing at the time of speaking. The present perfect continuous is also called the present perfect progressive tense.
Here is the structure of the present perfect continuous tense.
Subject+have been/has been+Verb(ing)+Since/For+Object
There are few points we need to understand must.
* How to use have been/has been????
If the subject is I, We, They or any plural, we use "have been".
If the subject is He, She, It or any singular noun, we use " has been".
* How to use Since and For in present perfect continuous tense???
We use "For" to talk about a period, like for three hours, for two months, for one year. We use "since" to talk about a point in time like, since 9 o'clock, since 1st January, since Monday.
Now we make sentences for practising.
•I have been organising my books for three hours.
•We have been listening to the lecture for one hour.
•They have been trying to solve the puzzle since evening.
•He has been painting his picture for one month.
•The soldiers have been standing firm in the field since the war began.
•she has been learning the skills since last year.
* How to make a negative and interrogative sentence of present perfect continuous tense???
To make a negative sentence, we add "not" in-between have been and has been, like
have not been or has not been.
In short form, we can write and say
haven't been or hasn't been.
To make an interrogative sentence, we put to have and has first in the sentence, then write the remaining sentence after.
Start practising.
Affirmative: I have been living in this house for five years.
Negative: I haven't been living in this house for five years.
Interrogative: Have I been living in this house for five years??
Now you make more sentences to get perfection.
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