PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
| How to form: | I, you, we, they | have (not) + been + ing form | I have been waiting |
| he, she, it | has (not) + been + ing form | she has been working |
| It is used when a long action has started in the past and has just ended or is still happening. We express how long the action happened. The verbs have to express an action which can be happen a long time. |
| (Wird verwendet, wenn ein langes Ereignis in der Vergangenheit begonnen hat und gerade geendet hat oder noch immer andauert. Man drückt aus wie lange etwas gedauert hat. Die Verben müssen eine Tätigkeit ausdrücken, die längere Zeit anhalten kann.) |
| Examples: |
| I have been working all day. |
| She has been watching TV since 7.30. |
| Nick has been lying in bed for two days.- He is still in bed or has just got up. |
| She has been working since 4 o'clock. She is still working or she has just stopped working. |
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How long have they been playing? |
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