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Perfect Present Continuos (Contractions (I have - I've, You have -…
Perfect Present Continuos
Negative
Subject + have/has not + been + present participle
You haven't been waiting
He/she/it hasn't been waiting
We/they haven't been waiting
I haven't been waiting
Uses
Recently, Lately
Duration from the Past Until Now
e use the present perfect continuous to show that something started in the past and has continued up until now
For/Since
Positive
Subj + have/has + been + present participle
I've been waiting
You've been waiting
He/she/it's been waiting
We/they've been waiting
Question
Has/have + been + present participle
Have you been waiting here for two hours?
Have
I been waiting?
Has she been waiting?
Have we/they been waiting?
Examples
They have been talking for the last hour.
She has been working at that company for three years
Recently, I have been feeling really tired.
Contractions
I have - I've
You have - You've
He/she/it has - he/she/it's
We/they have- We/they've
have not - haven't
Adverbs of placement
always, only, never, ever, stil, just, etc.
You have only been waiting here for one hour.
Have you only been waiting here for one hour?
Remember
Non-Continuous Verbs
Abstract Verbs
to be, to want, to cost, to seem, to need, to care, to contain, to owe, to exist...
Possession Verbs
to possess, to own, to belong...
Emotion Verbs
to like, to love, to hate, to dislike, to fear, to envy, to mind..
Also, certain non-continuous meanings for mixed verbs cannot be used in continuous tenses.