Present Perfect Continuous, Apuntes de Idioma Inglés

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Present perfect continuous (1 have been doing) We use the present perfect continuous to talk about a situation or activity that started in the Past and has been in progress for a period until now. Sometimes we use the present perfect continuons with expressions that indicate the time period (e,g. with since and for): 2 ye been meaning to phone Jack since 1 beard he was back in the coniitry. = The competition has been running every year since 1980. % She”s been living in New Zealand for over a year not. » People have been saying for ages thar the building should he pulled down. Without such an expression, the p. and focuses on its present results: + Look! lts been snowing. 2 “You're looking well. Pve been Playing a lot of squash to lose weight.” 2 *Haven't seen anything of Rod for a while? “No, he's been working in Germany. resent perfect continuous refers to a recent situation or activity The situation or activity may still be going on, or it may just have stopped. Compare: + We”ve been discussing the proposals for a namber of years. (= still going on) and + Your eyes are red — have you becn crying? (= recently stopped) We often usc the present perfect continuous when we ask questions with How long...? and when we say how long something has been in Progress: » Horw long have you been waiting for me? » How long have they been living next door to you? e For more than two years Pye been trying to get permission to extend my honse. * Unemployment has been rising steadily since the buge increase in oil Prices. da o We can use the present perfect continuous or a present tense (the present simple or the present continuous) when we talk about a situation or activity that started in the past and is still happening now or has just stopped. However, we use the present perfect continuous when we are talking about how long the action or event has been g0ing on. Compare: 2 1see Tom most weekends. ad a Pve been seeing a lor of Tom since he moved into the flat upstairs. (not 1 see...) a l'Usraining. and > Tes been raining heavily all night. (1ot ls raining...) Far the difference between the this, see Unit 8. present perfect and present perfect continucns in sentences like When we talk about situations or actions that went on over a past period of time but finished ata particular point in time before now, we dort use the present perfect continuous: > I wasreading until midnight last night. (2201 1 have been reading...) % > She had been living in Spain before her family moved to Brazil. (10f She has been living...) v He putoff the decision for as long as possible, but eventually he made up his mind and bought the car. (+01 He has bcen putting off...) We generally avoid the present perfect continuous with verbs that describe states (see Unit 2A). Present perfecl continuous and present perfect => BONE