Present Perfect Continuous

Tense (PPCT)
Lesson 1
It express the duration of an action beginning in the past
and still continuing at the moment of speaking and may
continue into the future.

Uses: have been/has been + V ing

Time signal are: for, since, before, once, the whole day,
still, etc.
Pada umumnya ppct digunakan untuk:
Menyatakan bhw suatu peristiwa telah terjadi di masa lampau dan masih terjadi
hingga saat ini dan masih berlangsung di masa mendatang.
Ex: She has been working here for five years. (dia sudah bekerja di sini selama lima
tahun)

Menyatakan kelangsungan suatu perbuatan pada saat tertentu, meski saat ini
perbuatan itu tdk terjadi lagi.
Ex: we have been waiting for hours today. (kami sudah menunggu selama berjam-
jam hari ini).

Pada kasus tertentu, penggunaan ppct hampir sama dg present perfect tense (ppt). Hanya saja, ppct lebih
menekankan kelangsungan peristiwa, sedangkan ppt lebih menekankan hasil.
Ex: I have not been going to Bandung for two years. (saya sdh tdk pergi ke Bandung selama 2 thn)==ppct
I have never gone to Bandung (saya belum pernah pergi ke Bandung)==ppt
I, you, we • S+have+been+ v ing
• S+have+not+been+ v ing.

they, • Have+s+been+v ing+?

• WH Question+have+S+been+V

plural. Ing+o+adv

• S+has+been+ v ing

He, she, it, • S+has++not+been+ v ing.

• Has+s+been+v ing+?

singular. • WH Question+has+S+been+V
Ing+o+adv
Exampless…
I have been living He has been teaching
here for ten years. English for two years.

They have not been She has not been studying

working since three months. for two hours.

Have you been waiting for Has she been studying here
hours today? for two hours?

How long have you been What has he been doing

staying here? while she was here?
Exercises….

1. He (slept/has been sleeping/is sleeping) for three hours.

2. The monument (stood/is standing/has been standing) here since World War II.
3. The children (has been playing/is playing/have been playing) the same game for two
months.
4. We (have been listening/are listening/was listening) to the teacher’s explanation for two
hours.
5. She (was teaching/has been teaching/is teaching) in High School since she graduated
from UIN.
6. How long (has/have/do) you been waiting for the bus?
7. What (you have been doing/have you been doing/are you doing) while I was out?
8. Our country (hasn’t/haven’t/didn’t) really been suffering from economics crisis.