from English Grammar Today. Present perfect continuous: form. We use have/has + been + the - ing form of the verb. Present perfect continuous: uses. Recent past activities. We use the present perfect continuous to talk about a finished activity in the recent past. Using the present perfect continuous focuses on the activity.
1. One of the main reasons that we use the present perfect continuous tense, also called the present perfect progressive tense, is to refer to an action that: began sometime in the past; has continued to happen until the current moment; will likely continue to happen for an unknown amount of time. 2. The present perfect progressive (continuous) tense describes actions that began in the recent past with continuation into the present—i.e., the action initiated earlier either hasn't stopped or has stopped only recently. The formula for writing in the present perfect progressive tense is: have or has + been + present participle. has been writing. Perfect English Grammar. Also called the present perfect progressive. Read about how to make the present perfect continuous tense here. Download this explanation in PDF here. Unfinished actions. 1: To say how long for unfinished actions which started in the past and continue to the present. . 342 422 428 189 433 110 389 441