Present Perfect Continuous Tense

In this lesson we look at the structure and use of the present perfect continuous tense as well as the use of for and since followed by a quiz to check your understanding.

Present perfect continuous tense. Present perfect continuous tense adalah suatu bentuk kata kerja yang digunakan untuk menyatakan aksi yang telah selesai pada suatu titik di masa lalu atau aksi telah dimulai di masa lalu dan terus berlanjut sampai sekarang. The present perfect continuous uses two auxiliary verbs together with a main verb. The present perfect continuous usually emphasizes duration or the amount of time that an action has been taking place. It is used to state an ongoing action that has started at a point in the past.

The present perfect continuous verb tense also known as the present perfect progressive is used to describe an action that first started in the past and is still happening in the present or is still relevant to other events happening in the present. The present perfect continuous is formed using the construction has have been the present participle root ing. Present perfect continuous tense this tense express an action that started in past and continued to present or recently stopped. The present perfect continuous tense also known as the present perfect progressive tense shows that something started in the past and is continuing at the present time.