Present Perfect Continuous: Duration of Ongoing Actions
Practice present perfect continuous: duration of ongoing actions with interactive fill-in-the-blank exercises. This unit is part of the mastery level of our English grammar course, designed for PTE and IELTS test takers.
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We use the Present Perfect Continuous to focus on the duration or length of an action that started in the past and is still happening right now. Structure: 'have/has' + 'been' + verb-ing.
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For example, 'I have been studying for three hours.' This emphasizes the time spent studying. We use 'for' and 'since' with this tense heavily.
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We also use it for actions that recently stopped, but have a visible result right now. For example, 'You look tired. Have you been working hard?'
Practice
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easy
I have
waiting for the bus for 30 minutes.
2
easy
She has been
English since 2020. (study)
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medium
They
been playing football all afternoon. (Helper)
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medium
Your clothes are dirty! What have you been
? (do)
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hard
He is out of breath because he has been
. (run)
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hard
How long
you been living in this city? (Helper)
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medium
I'm sorry I'm late. Have you been
long? (wait)
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hard
It has
raining all day. (Helper)
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medium
She
been working here for five years. (Helper)
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hard
We have been
to fix this computer since this morning. (try)