Present Perfect Continuous Forms
has/have + been + v(-ing).
Statement: You have been waiting here for two hours.
Question: Have you been waiting here for two hours?
Negative: You have not been waiting here for two hours.
Uses
USE 1 Duration from the Past Until Now
We use the present perfect continuous to show that something started in the past and
has continued up until now. Examples:
They have been talking for the last hour.
She has been working at that company for three years.
What have you been doing for the last 30 minutes?
Why has Nancy not been taking her medicine for the last three days?
USE 2 Recently, Lately
You can also use the present perfect continuous WITHOUT a duration such as, the
tense has a more general meaning of "lately." We often use the words "lately" or
"recently" to emphasize this meaning.
Examples:
Recently, I have been feeling really tired.
She has been watching too much television lately.
Have you been exercising lately?
What have you been doing?
