Monday, October 1, 2007

Present Perfect Progressive or Present Perfect Continuous

Signal words

Use

Form

Examples
affirmative

Examples
negative

Examples
interrogative

all day

the whole day

how long

since

for

action began in the past and has just stopped

how long the action has been happening

emphasis: length of time of an action

have/has + been + infinitive + -ing

I have been working.

I haven't been working.

Have I been working?

He has been working.

He hasn't been working.

Has he been working?

I have been going.

I haven't been going.

Have I been going?

He has been going.

He hasn't been going.

Has he been going?

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