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English Grammar

The Present Perfect Continuous Tense

Structure: subject + has/have + been + -ing form of the verb

I have been gardening since morning.
She has been waiting for two hours.

The present perfect continuous tense is used to talk about an action which began at sometime in the past and is still continuing.

I have been working since morning. (= I am still working.)
We have been living here since 2001. (= We are still living here.)

Notes: The sentence ‘I have been working since morning’ often means the same as ‘I have worked since morning’.

Sections in this Article

The Tenses
The Simple Present Tense
The Present Continuous Tense
The Present Perfect Tense
The Present Perfect Continuous Tense
The Simple Past Tense
The Past Continuous Tense
The Past Perfect Tense
The Past Perfect Continuous Tense

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