English grammar made easy
English grammar made easy
have been/has been + present participle. ie. -ing
I have been working here for five years.
Recently, I have been feeling really tired.
We use the Present Perfect Continuous to show that something started in the past and has continued upto now. For ten minutes, for two months, and since Monday are all durations which can be used with the Present Perfect Continuous.
You can use the Present Perfect Continuous WITHOUT a duration such as for ten minutes, for two months, and since Monday. We often use the word recently in the sentence to strengthen this meaning.
Some English verbs do not form a continuous tense, hence the name non-continuous verbs. These include for example the verb "to love", "to like" or "to belong".
Other English verbs have several meanings, one of which usually do not form a continuous tense. These verbs are called mixed verbs.. These include for example the verb "to have" or "to be".
If these verbs occur in a sentence, where we would normally use the Present continuous tense, we must replace it with the Present perfect.
The Present perfect continuous tense in not used in the Passive form very often.
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