Categories: GrammarTenses

Present Perfect Continuous Tense in English

Present Perfect Continuous Tense is used to express an action which started before now ( or in the past ) and has continued up until now ( or into the present ) . The action may not be finish at that time. This action may still be continuing or may have just finished.

POSITIVE FORM (+) :

Subject ( I, You, We, You, They ) + HAVE + BEEN + V-ING

Subject ( He, She, It ) + HAS BEEN + V-ING

NEGATIVE FORM (-) :

Subject ( I, You, We, You, They ) + HAVE + NOT + BEEN + V-ING

Subject ( He, She, It ) + HAS + NOT + BEEN + V-ING

QUESTION FORM (?) :

HAVE + Subject ( I, You, We, You, They ) + BEEN + V-ING

HAS + Subject ( He, She, It ) + BEEN + V-ING

NEGATIVE QUESTION FORM (?) :

HAVE + NOT + Subject ( I, You, We, You, They ) + BEEN + V-ING

HAS + NOT + Subject ( He, She, It ) + BEEN + V-ING

SHORT ANSWER FORMS ( + / – ) :

YES / NO + Subject ( I, You, We, You, They )+ have / have not (haven’t)

YES / NO + Subject ( He, She, It ) + has / has not (hasn’t)

POSITIVE(+)	NEGATIVE(-)	POSITIVE QUESTION (?)	NEGATIVE QUESTION (?)
He has been playing	He has not ( hasn’t ) been playing	Has he been playing	Hasn’t he been playing
She has been playing	She has not ( hasn’t ) been playing	Has she been playing	Hasn’t she been playing
It has been playing	It has not ( hasn’t ) been playing	Has it been playing	Hasn’t it been playing
I have been playing	I have not (haven’t) been playing	Have I been playing	Haven’t I been playing
You have been playing	You have not ( haven’t ) been playing	Have you been playing	Haven’t you been playing
We have been playing	We have not ( haven’t ) been playing	Have we been playing	Haven’t we been playing
They have been playing	They have not ( haven’t ) been playing	Have they been playing	Haven’t they been playing