1. One of the main reasons that we use the present perfect continuous tense, also called the present perfect progressive tense, is to refer to an action that: began sometime in the past; has continued to happen until the current moment; will likely continue to happen for an unknown amount of time. 2. We form the present perfect simple with have + past participle. I've never been to Africa. For more information on forms of the present perfect (simple), see Present perfect simple: positive. We form the present perfect continuous with have + been + -ing form. It's been raining since ten o'clock this morning. How do we use the Present Perfect Continuous tense? This tense is called the Present Perfect Continuous tense. There is usually a connection with the present or now. We use the Present Perfect Continuous to talk about: past action recently-stopped; past action still-continuing; Present Perfect Continuous for past action just stopped 30 mins. English tenses. The present perfect continuous is used to refer to an unspecified time between 'before now' and 'now'. The speaker is thinking about something that started but perhaps did not finish in that period of time. The present perfect continuous tense, also known as the present perfect progressive, is used to show that something started in the past but is continuing at the the present moment or has very recently finished. It is formed by using have/has been + present particle (verb+ing): have/has been + present participle. They have been exercising since 3pm. Dịch Vụ Hỗ Trợ Vay Tiền Nhanh 1s.

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