TENSES - CONTINUOUS WORKS
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE:
The works started in Past and are continued up to the time of speaking are related to Present Perfect Continuous Tense.
We can define them easily like this:
The Present Continuous works which are said with their starting point are called Present Perfect Continuous works (tense). These are conveyed with
has / have + been + M.V ing form in Subject based views.
IMPORTANT POINTS:
- Generally while saying the completed works which were done by some particular time with perfection and the continuous works which are said with starting point with perfect idea both are said with has / have and had as usually to satisfy the rule that there must be Main Verb 3rd form after them and to satisfy the rule of continuous works by using "'Be' forms + 'ing' form" here after has / have / had we use 'been' + M.V ing form in the Present Perfect Continuous Tenses.
- Here before the starting times we use the prepositions FOR and SINCE as follows:
FOR: is used before the period of time.
Ex: for 2 hours,
for 5 years,
for 2 minutes,
for 2 weeks.
SINCE: is used before the point of time.
Ex: Since 2'o clock,
Since June
Since Monday
Since 2005 etc.
Examples:
Sub + has / have + been + M.V Ing form + ...........
I have been learning English for 2 months.
We have been living here for 20 years.
He has been trying for job since 2009.
She has been waiting for you since 10am.
Rama has been talking for 10 minutes.
They have been walking since 1 hour.
He has been asking for address since morning.
We have been listening to music for two hours.
OTHER USES OF HAS BEEN / HAVE BEEN:
These are used to say the continuity of position and the continuity of
time also.
1. Continuity of Position:
I have been busy for 4 days.
We have been on tour for 10 days.
She has been ill since last Monday.
Question:
Where have you been these days?
Where have you been for 2 years?
NOTE: Here it is used in the sense of going and coming together also?
Examples:
Q. Where have you been?
A. I have been to Hyderabad.
Q. Where had you been yesterday?
A. I had been to Hyderabad.
MODAL AUXILIARIES:
I will have been to Hyderabad.
I may have been to market.
I can have been to Market in 10 minutes.
I should have been to college.
I must have been to office.
2. This 'has been' is used to show the continuity of time how much period is completed up to the time of speaking since after the completion of our works.
Examples:
It has been 10 days since I saw you.
It has been 2 years since he got the job.
It has been 6 months since I went there.
It has been 2 hours since I started waiting here.
NOTE: In the above all expressions in the place of has been / have been we can use Present 'Be' forms' also.
Examples:
It is 10 days since I saw you.
It is 2 years since he got the job.
Where are you these days? etc.
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