{"id":6841,"date":"2021-04-09T08:30:04","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T08:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elblogdeidiomas.es\/?p=6841"},"modified":"2021-06-03T07:31:49","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T07:31:49","slug":"what-is-the-present-perfect-continuous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elblogdeidiomas.es\/en\/what-is-the-present-perfect-continuous\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the &#8216;Present Perfect Continuous&#8217;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>What is the &#8216;Present Perfect Continuous&#8217;?<\/h1>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 2rem; background: #F4F4F4;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #fff; background: #FF6868;\">\u00cdNDICE DE CONTENIDOS<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#present\">Present perfect continuous formation in English<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#perfect\">Present Perfect Continuous outline in English<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#what\">What is this tense used for?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Perhaps reading the title of this article suggests a wrong interpretation, even calling it &#8220;Present Perfect Continuous&#8221; the\u00a0<strong>reality is that it is not a present tense<\/strong>\u00a0, on the contrary it is in the past.\u00a0Its name is a consequence of the fact that it is used fundamentally to talk about actions that have started in the past, but that takes place in the present. Consequently, it corresponds to the present perfect Spanish continuous: \u00a0Jos\u00e9 and his girlfriend have been walking all morning: (jos\u00e9 y su novia han estado paseando toda la ma\u00f1ana).<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"present\">Present perfect continuous formation in English<\/h2>\n<p>We must pay attention to the formation of this tense, because it is somewhat complicated: Subject + auxiliary verb\u00a0<strong>&#8220;to have&#8221; + &#8220;been&#8221; + verb + ing.\u00a0<\/strong>However, unlike the \u201cPresent Perfect Simple\u201d, you don&#8217;t have to know the participle of the verbs in question.<\/p>\n<h3>Present Perfect Continuous negative and interrogative:<\/h3>\n<p>The negative and interrogative of the Present Perfect Continuous is formed in the following way:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Affirmative<\/strong>\u00a0: Subject + &#8216;to have&#8217; + been + verb + ing:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cMaria and Carmen have been talking at home all morning\u201d<br \/>\n(Maria y Carmen han estado hablado en su casa durante toda la ma\u00f1ana)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Negative<\/strong>\u00a0: Subject + &#8216;to have&#8217; + &#8216;not&#8217; + &#8216;been&#8217; + verb + ing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cJos\u00e9 Manuel hasn\u2019t been reading Don Quixote for a long time\u201d<br \/>\n(Jos\u00e9 Manuel no ha estado leyendo El Quijote por mucho tiempo)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Interrogative<\/strong>\u00a0: &#8216;To have&#8217; + subject + &#8216;been&#8217; + verb + ing +?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201c\u00bfHave Pilar and Maria been playing for a long time?\u201d<br \/>\n(\u00bfPilar y Mar\u00eda llevan mucho tiempo jugando?)<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"perfect\">Present Perfect Continuous outline in English<\/h2>\n<p>As we see the &#8216;Present Perfect Continuous&#8217; when indicating an action over a period of time, it is normal that it is\u00a0<strong>usually accompanied by the prepositions \u201cFor\u201d<\/strong> (\u201cDesde hace\u201d \/ \u201cdesde\u201d) and \u201cSince\u201d (&#8216;hace&#8217; ).<\/p>\n<p>Also the &#8216;Present Perfect Continuous&#8217;\u00a0<strong>admits contractions for the auxiliary verb \u201cTo have\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0, for example: \u201cI have\u201d &#8211; \u201cI&#8217;ve\u201d;\u00a0&#8220;I have not&#8221; &#8211; &#8220;I&#8221; see not &#8220;;\u00a0&#8220;She has&#8221; &#8211; &#8220;She&#8217;s&#8221;;\u00a0&#8220;He has not&#8221; &#8211; &#8220;He hasn&#8221; t &#8220;.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"what\">What is this tense used for?<\/h2>\n<p>We repeat that the Present Perfect Continuous is often used in English especially to narrate actions that began in the past and yet continue in the present.<\/p>\n<p>That is, the process or action itself matters.\u00a0Example of &#8220;Present Perfect Continuous&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cMy son has been waiting for you all morning\u201d.<br \/>\n(\u201cMi hijo te ha estado esperando toda la ma\u00f1ana\u201d).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The \u201cPresent Perfect Continuous\u201d is also often used to determine actions that have just concluded<\/strong>\u00a0whose results interest us a lot and that is why it is usually visible in the present or may remain latent in it.<\/p>\n<p>However, we\u00a0<strong>must take into account a very important exception: the &#8220;Stative Verbs&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0(which are the verbs related to a &#8220;static&#8221; state so they do not express any action, such as &#8220;Believe&#8221; &#8211; \u200b\u200b&#8221;Believe&#8221; or also &#8221; Love \u201d- &#8216;Want&#8217;) is to say that they do not accept the progressive form.\u00a0That is why these verbs have to be formed with the &#8220;Present Perfect Simple&#8221; and not with the &#8220;Present Perfect Continuous&#8221;.\u00a0We have to be very attentive!<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Present Perfect Continuous&#8221; and the &#8220;Present Perfect Simple&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Present Perfect Continuous&#8221; and the &#8220;Present Perfect Simple&#8221; are times quite forgotten by English learners;\u00a0and for this reason they are frequently very confused in practice, although not because of their structure, which as can be seen are quite different.\u00a0The question then is<\/p>\n<h3>How can we distinguish continuous from simple time?<\/h3>\n<p>This will depend a lot on where we put the emphasis:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If the interesting thing is to\u00a0<strong>highlight that the action occurred in the recent past or \/ and that it has repercussions in the present<\/strong>\u00a0, then you should use the \u201cPresent Perfect Simple\u201d.\u00a0Because in this case the important thing is the result of the action itself.\u00a0Example of &#8220;Present Perfect Simple&#8221;: Cecilio wrote an email (the important thing is the result of the action of writing. 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