ANGLAIS – LE PRESENT PARFAIT CONTINU

13. THE PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

POSITIVENEGATIVEQUESTION
I have been workingI haven’t been workingHave you been working?
You/we/they have been workingYou/we/they haven’t been workingHave you/we/they been working?
He/she has been workingHe/she hasn’t been workingHas 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.