PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

Use the present perfect continuous for actions that start in the past and
continue into the present.

FORM:

Subject + Has/have + been + verbing

Present perfect continuous positive

I

( Ive )
Reading

have
you

( youve)

Singula
r

been
he

speaking

( hes)
crying

has
she

( shes)
eating

it

( its )
cooking

you

(youve)
have

plural
we

they

(weve)

(theyve)

EXAMPLES:

I have been living here since 2011.

It has been raining for two hour.
I have been working all morning.
they have been learning English for two years.

EXERCISES

MAKE THE PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

He ______________________(play ) football, so hes tired.

She _____________________ (work) in this company since 1980.
I ________________________(wait) for you since two oclock.
He ______________________ (play) tennis for six hours.
They _____________________ (go) to the cinema every weekend for three
years.
6. You ______________________(sleep) for twelve hours.
7. We ______________________(write) this book for months and months.
8. Camila ___________________ (learn) to drive for six years.
9. Kevin _____________________(watch) tv all evening.
10.
She_______________________(cook) all day.

Match the situations on the left with the causes on the right

________ 1. Mary eyes are very red.

for an hour.
________ 2. The street are wet.
years.
________ 3. Hes out of breath.

A. Hes been running

B. Hes been smoking for
C. Theyve been fighting.

_______ 4. Tom coughs all the time .

day.

D. Its been raining all

_______ 5. both boys have black eyes .

all night

E. Shes been crying