What is perfect continuous tense? Grammar Toolkit

Perfect continuous tense combines the perfect and continuous forms of a verb. present perfect continuous past perfect continuous future perfect continuous I have been skating I had been skating I will have been skating you have been skating you had been skating you will have been skating they have been skating they had been skating they will have been skating The perfect continuous tense is great for describing: past actions that still continue I have been waiting for ages a scene They had been hiding when … repeated actions She had been buying that brand for years.

Grammar Toolkit Complete the perfect continuous tenses of these verbs. present perfect continuous past perfect continuous future perfect continuous I have been lookingII she has been jokingshe itit had been rainingit they have likedthey has been raining had been looking had been joking had liked will have been looking will have been joking will have been raining will have liked Note: don’t use the present participle with thinking verbs, like know, seem and like. These verbs should use the simple present tense.

Grammar Toolkit A verb shows action or being. A verb’s tense tells when the action takes place. Perfect continuous tense combines the perfect and continuous forms of a verb.

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