The Present Perfect Continuous denotes an action which began in the past, has been going on up to the present and may be still going on.
The Present Perfect denote a complete action while with the Present Perfect Continuous there is no implication of completeness.
The Formation of the Present Perfect Continuous is
auxiliary verb "to have" (in present, past or future ) + "been" + "Participle I " (of the main verb):
I have been working
I had been working
I'll have been working
Examples:
It has been raining for two hours.
It has been raining since early morning.
It has been raining since you came.
How long have you been waiting me? - I have been waiting for you for about an hour.
There are 12 main tenses in English: simple present, present continuous, present perfect, present perfect continuous, simple past, past continuous, past perfect, past perfect continuous, simple future, future continuous, future perfect, and future perfect continuous.
present past and future tense only.......beautiful...chaichai
The six basic tenses are:Past tensePast perfect tensePresent tensePresent perfect tenseFuture tenseFuture perfect tense
Past perfect, present perfect and future perfect.
Perfect tenses of loss:"Loss" is a noun and so doesn't have any tenses. Only verbs have tenses.Perfect tenses of loose:Present perfect - have/has loosed.Present perfect continuous - have/has been loosing.Past perfect - had loosed.Past perfect continuous - had been loosing.Future perfect - will have loosed.Future perfect continuous - will have been loosing.Perfect tenses of lose:Present perfect - have/has lost.Present perfect continuous - have/has been losing.Past perfect - had lost.Past perfect continuous - had been losing.Future perfect - will have lost.Future perfect continuous - will have been losing.
There are 12 main tenses in English: simple present, present continuous, present perfect, present perfect continuous, simple past, past continuous, past perfect, past perfect continuous, simple future, future continuous, future perfect, and future perfect continuous.
there are 12 verb tenses not only five. present, past, future. simple-- continuous--perfect-- perfect continuous.
present past and future tense only.......beautiful...chaichai
The six basic tenses are:Past tensePast perfect tensePresent tensePresent perfect tenseFuture tenseFuture perfect tense
Past perfect, present perfect and future perfect.
Perfect tenses of loss:"Loss" is a noun and so doesn't have any tenses. Only verbs have tenses.Perfect tenses of loose:Present perfect - have/has loosed.Present perfect continuous - have/has been loosing.Past perfect - had loosed.Past perfect continuous - had been loosing.Future perfect - will have loosed.Future perfect continuous - will have been loosing.Perfect tenses of lose:Present perfect - have/has lost.Present perfect continuous - have/has been losing.Past perfect - had lost.Past perfect continuous - had been losing.Future perfect - will have lost.Future perfect continuous - will have been losing.
Present tense,present perfect tense,future tense,future perfect tense,past tense,past perfect tense
There are five tenses: 1.simple present 2.present continuous 3.present perfect 4.present perfect continuous 5. present passive
The simple past tenses are shined and shone.The past perfect tenses are:have shinedhas shinedhave shonehas shone
Past perfect tense, past perfect continuous tense, present perfect tense, present perfect continuous tense, future perfect tense and future perfect continuous tense.
The six tenses in English are present, past, future, present perfect, past perfect, and future perfect. Each tense indicates when an action or state of being occurred in relation to the present moment.
Present perfect tense.