Today's lesson from important English grammar tutorial, In this lesson we will talk about (The present perfect continuous ) and we'll touch on everything that's related to it in terms of the composition and usage method, so this tense can be very easy .
The present perfect continuous used to express thing or act occurred in the past and still in the present and may be also in the future, it refers to an act or event that started to happen, but it's not over yet and also used when we talk about events just ended and we want to talk about their results and this will be more evident in examples .
-It's worth mentioning that the reason why today's lesson is called (The present perfect continuous ) conflict is due its relationship with the present although the act began in the past, and the bottom lines is we can determine the uses of this tense is these following points :
It's known that every tense of the English language is characterized by a certain form and method of formation that distinguishes it from the other and in the following table we will show :
It must be remembered that :
We also need to know that there are verbs that can't come in the form of continuity and from these verbs :
( Hate – Know – Hear –Understand )
For example :
✔ They have heard their mother's words .
✔ Sandy has understood this lesson .
Although I'm not advise to rely entirely on words to determine the tense of the sentence, we need to know some words that is frequently used with the tense, but it doesn't have to exist .
For examples :
Since – for – all night – lately – still – recently
For example :
Uses of (The present perfect continuous )
The present perfect continuous used to express thing or act occurred in the past and still in the present and may be also in the future, it refers to an act or event that started to happen, but it's not over yet and also used when we talk about events just ended and we want to talk about their results and this will be more evident in examples .
-It's worth mentioning that the reason why today's lesson is called (The present perfect continuous ) conflict is due its relationship with the present although the act began in the past, and the bottom lines is we can determine the uses of this tense is these following points :
- The expression of an event that happened in the past and ended recently .
- Talking about something that happened in the past and is still going on .
What's the method of forming (The present perfect continuous ) ?
It's known that every tense of the English language is characterized by a certain form and method of formation that distinguishes it from the other and in the following table we will show :
How to be (The present perfect continuous ) in all its cases .
| Examples |
Formation |
|
| -Maggie has been waiting for her husband all night. -I and my friends have been working on this project since 5 am . |
Have / has + been + verb + ing | Affirmation |
| Shady don't understand this lesson because he has not been listening . -I have not been buying new clothes at this store |
Have / has + not + been + verb + ing | Negative |
| -Has your sister been living in Lebanon? -Have your parents been going to the cinema together? |
Have/ has + subject + been + verb + ing ? |
Questioning |
| Have → I – you – we – they |
| Has → He –she – it |
We also need to know that there are verbs that can't come in the form of continuity and from these verbs :
( Hate – Know – Hear –Understand )
For example :
✔ They have heard their mother's words .
✔ Sandy has understood this lesson .
Key words on (The present perfect continuous )
Although I'm not advise to rely entirely on words to determine the tense of the sentence, we need to know some words that is frequently used with the tense, but it doesn't have to exist .
For examples :
Since – for – all night – lately – still – recently
For example :
✔ My brothers have been watching T.V for a long time .
And so we're done with today's lesson and we have explained everything about this tense with a lot of examples .
And so we're done with today's lesson and we have explained everything about this tense with a lot of examples .
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English Tenses