Present Perfect Progressive/Continuous - Use
- 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
Present Perfect Progressive - Use
The Present Perfect Progressive is not easy to understand for ESL students. It is a combination of past and present where actions in the past have something to do with the present. The focus is not on the result (this is the Present Perfect) but on the action itself.
1) Actions beginning in the past and still continuing (focus is on the action) - mostly with since (point of time) or for (period of time)
I have been waiting for you for three hours. (It was a long time.)
2) Recently completed actions (focus is on the action)
She has been watching too many videos. (It was too much time.)
