Present Perfect Continuous

The Present Perfect Continuous is made by using the present form of the auxiliary verb "have";+past participle of the verb "to be";+ -ing form of the main verb ("I have been doing";). To form questions we reverse the order of the pronoun and "have/has" (Have I, Has he...?). This tense is rarely used in English.

· Using the Present Perfect Continuous Tense:
to talk about an action which began in the past and has recently finished or just finished (without time words)

Example: Bob and Gloria have just come back from the park. They have been jogging and they are very tired now.

· to say how long something has been happening. The action began in the past, continues in the present (or has just stopped), and may continue into the future (with time words since, for, all day,all afternoon, every day this year, etc.)

Examples: Ann has been playing tennis for two hours. (Ann is playing tennis now. She began to play tennis two hours ago and she is still playing.)

· to express an action or general activity in progress (without time words or with recently, lately)
Example: Viktoria has been thinking about changing her job.

Exercise 1.Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Perfect Continuous:

Exercise 2.Translate into English:

Exercise 3.Underline the correct answer:

Exercise 4.Complete the sentences with the correct time adverbs from the box:

TEST 5 (Present Perfect / Present Perfect Continuous)