The Present Perfect Continuous Tense


Past participle for irregular verbs


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Past participle for irregular verbs:

  • = depends on the particular verb.
  • Irregular verbs do not take –ed in the simple past. For these verbs, you must memorize the past participle form. Do you know the past participle for these verbs?
  • be
  • know
  • get
  • Note: The simple past and the past participle forms are the same for certain verbs.
  • (i.e., teach, bring, have, send)

2) The Present Perfect Continuous Tense

  • The present perfect continuous is often very similar in meaning to the present perfect tense.
  • Just like the Present Perfect, we can use this grammar to talk about something that started in the past, but is still happening.
  • But the present perfect continuous focuses more on the continuous action. The emphasis is on the duration of the action.

Example:

  • It began raining two hours ago.
  • It is STILL raining now.
  • *It has been raining for two hours.
  • This is the present
  • perfect continuous
  • tense.

Present Perfect Continuous Form:

  • This grammar has 3 parts:
  • HAS
  • or
  • HAVE
  • +
  • BEEN
  • +
  • verb in
  • -ING

Negative Form:

  • hasn’t (=has not) been +–ing
  • haven’t (=have not) been +–ing
  • John has not been living in L.A. for very long. (or hasn’t been living)
  • I have not been exercising very much recently.
  • (or haven’t been exercising)

More Examples of P.P. Continuous:

  • Jane started to work in her garden at 8:00 this morning. Now it is 12:00.
  • She has been working in her garden for 4 hours!
  • Wow! That’s a long time!

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