The PRESENT PERFECT
PROGRESSIVE TENSE indicates a continuous action that has been finished at
some point in the past or that was initiated in the past and continues to
happen. The action is usually of limited duration and has some current
relevance: "She has been running and her heart is still beating
fast." The present perfect progressive frequently is used to describe an
event of the recent past; it is often accompanied by just in this usage:
"It has just been raining."
This tense is formed with the modal "HAVE" or "HAS" (for
third-person singular subjects) plus "BEEN," plus the present
participle of the verb (with an -ing ending): "I have been
working in the garden all morning. George has been painting that
house for as long as I can remember."
| Singular
| Plural
|
| I have been walking
| we have been walking
|
| you have been walking
| you have been walking
|
| he/she/it has been walking
| they have been walking
|
| Singular
| Plural
|
| I have been sleeping
| we have been sleeping
|
| you have been sleeping
| you have been sleeping
|
| he/she/it has been sleeping
| they have been sleeping
|
| Singular
| Plural
|
There is no present perfect progressive for the "to
be" verb. "Have been being" is expressed simply as
"have been": "We have been being successful in the
past."
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