Present Perfect Continuous
Explanation Has / Have (not) been + infinitive + -ing You use the Present Perfect Continuous to describe that something happened in the past and what is still going on. The difference between Present Perfect Simple and Present Perfect Continuous is that you can use the Present Perfect Continuous to emphasize (benadrukken) that something is going on very long.
Exercises You ______here for two hours. (to wait) __ he ______ here for two hours? (to sit) You _______here for two hours. (not/to eat)
Keys You have been waiting here for two hours. Has he been sitting here for two hours? You have not been eating here for two hours
Explanation You can also use the Present Perfect Continuous WITHOUT a duration such as "for two weeks". Without the duration, the tense has a more general meaning of "lately".
Exercises without duration Recently, I _______really tired. (to feel) She ______ too much television lately. (not/to watch) ___ you _______ lately? (to exercise)
Keys Recently, I have been feeling really tired. She hasn’t been watching too much television lately. Have you been exercising lately?
Mixed exercises They ______ for the last hour. (to talk) She ________ at that company for three years. (to work) What ___ you ______ for the last 30 minutes? (to do) James ________ at the university since June. (to teach) We ________ here for over two hours! (to wait) Why ___ Nancy ______ her medicine for the last three days? (not/ to take) Mary ______ a little depressed. (to feel) Lisa _________ her English. (not/to practice) What ____ you ______? (to do)
Keys They have been talking for the last hour. She has been working at that company for three years. What have you been doing for the last 30 minutes? James has been teaching at the university since June. We have been waiting here for over two hours! Why has Nancy not been taking her medicine for the last three days? Mary has been feeling a little depressed. Lisa has not been practicing her English. What have you been doing?