UNIT 6 SHOPPING AND MONEY

Grammar: Present Perfect Continuous Tense

Forming the Present Perfect Continuous

The present perfect continuous is made up of two elements: the present perfect of the verb to be (have/has been), and the present participle of the main verb (base+ing)

Subject has/have been base+ing
She has been swimming

Examples: to live

Affirmative Negative Interrogative
have been living I haven’t been living Have I been living?
You have been living You haven’t been living Have you been living?
He, she, it has been living He hasn’t been living Has she been living?
We have been living We haven’t been living Have we been living?
You have been living You haven’t been living Have you been living?
They have been living They haven’t been living Have they been living?

(See Appendix VI)