Present Perfect Continuous

This video tutorial covers the present perfect continuous tense, explaining its usage to indicate actions that started in the past and continue to the present, emphasize duration, or show a result in the present. The video details how to form positive, negative, and question sentences using this tense, with examples provided for clarity. The tutorial concludes with a recap and a question to engage learners.

What is one of the primary uses of the present perfect continuous tense?

• To show actions that have a specific start and end time

• To describe actions that will happen in the future

• To describe habitual actions in the past

• To emphasize the duration of an ongoing action

Which of the following is the correct structure for forming a positive sentence in the present perfect continuous tense?

• Subject + have/has + past participle + object

• Subject + have/has + been + present participle + object

• Subject + had + been + present participle + object

• Subject + will have + been + present participle + object

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

• Subject + was/were + not + present participle

• Subject + do/does + not + present participle

• Subject + have/has + not + been + present participle

• Subject + will + not + present participle

What is the correct order for forming a question in the present perfect continuous tense?

• WH word + subject + auxiliary + present participle

• Subject + auxiliary + been + present participle

• Auxiliary + subject + been + present participle

• WH word + auxiliary + subject + been + present participle

Which of the following sentences correctly uses the present perfect continuous tense?

• I have been eat dinner for an hour.

• She has been working here since last year.

• They will have been playing for two hours.

• He is been studying all night.