13. THE PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
POSITIVE | NEGATIVE | QUESTION |
I have been working | I haven’t been working | Have you been working? |
You/we/they have been working | You/we/they haven’t been working | Have you/we/they been working? |
He/she has been working | He/she hasn’t been working | Has he/she been working? |
USAGE :
The present perfect continuous is used to describe situations which started in the past and are still happening now.
EXAMPLES :
I’ve been working here for eight years.
I haven’t been looking at my emails, I don’t know if I got the information or not.
We’ve been developing a new prototype.
She’s been staying with us since her apartment was flooded.
He’s been living in Greece since 1998.