Present Perfect Progressive/Continuous - Long forms, short forms
- Present Perfect Progressive/Continuous
- Summary
- Use
- Signal words
- Form of affirmative, negative sentences and questions
- Spelling
- Special verbs
- Diagram
- Long forms and short forms
- Exercises - Present Perfect Progressive
Long forms and short forms in the Present Perfect Progressive
We often use short forms of the auxiliaries. The Present Perfect Progressive is formed with the auxiliary have. So short forms are used frequently with the Present Perfect Progressive.
| affirmative |
| long form |
short form |
| I, we, you, they: |
I, we, you, they: |
| I have been going |
I've been going |
| he, she, it: |
he, she, it: |
| he has been going |
he's been going |
| negative (have not) |
| long form |
short form |
| I, we, you, they: |
I, we, you, they: |
| I have not been going |
I haven't been going
or
I've not been going |
| he, she, it: |
he, she, it: |
| he has not been going |
he hasn't been going
or
he's not been going |
