Present Perfect Continuous Tense Concepts

The video tutorial explains the present perfect continuous tense, highlighting its connection between past and present actions. It covers forming affirmative, negative, and question sentences, and provides practice exercises. The lesson also discusses when to use this tense, emphasizing actions that continue into the present, happen repeatedly, or have recently finished. The session concludes with a Q&A.

What is the primary function of the present perfect continuous tense?

• To express hypothetical situations

• To describe future plans

• To connect past actions with the present

• To describe actions that happened in the distant past

Which auxiliary verbs are used in forming affirmative sentences in the present perfect continuous tense?

• Am/Is/Are

• Have/Has

• Will/Would

• Do/Does

How do you form a negative sentence in the present perfect continuous tense?

• Add 'not' before the subject

• Add 'not' at the end of the sentence

• Add 'not' between the auxiliary verbs

• Add 'not' after the main verb

In a question formed in the present perfect continuous tense, where does the auxiliary verb appear?

• After the main verb

• Before the subject

• At the end of the sentence

• After the subject

Which of the following sentences is in the present perfect continuous tense?

• She will read tomorrow.

• She reads every day.

• She has been reading for two hours.

• She read yesterday.

When is the present perfect continuous tense used to describe actions?

• Actions that are planned for the future

• Actions that have no relevance to the present

• Actions that started in the past and continue to the present

• Actions that are hypothetical

Which sentence shows an action that has been happening repeatedly?

• The doctor has been taking my temperature every hour.

• He has been waiting for an hour.

• She has been living here for two years.

• They have been driving since morning.

What does the present perfect continuous tense indicate about an action that has just finished?

• The action is irrelevant to the present

• The action will continue in the future

• The action has no connection to the past

• The action has finished recently and is relevant to the present

Which sentence suggests a temporary situation using the present perfect continuous tense?

• She has lived here for ten years.

• She lived here two years ago.

• She will live here for two more years.

• She has been living here for two years.

What is the difference between present perfect and present perfect continuous tense?

• Present perfect continuous is used for actions that are ongoing or have recently finished.

• Present perfect continuous is used for actions that are irrelevant to the present.

• Present perfect continuous is used for actions that are planned for the future.

• Present perfect continuous is used for actions that are hypothetical.