Present Perfect Continuous Tense

Present Perfect Continuous/Imperfect/Progressive Tense

Present Perfect Continuous Tense shows the action started in the past and it continues at the time of speaking. In this tense, the form of ‘have’ is used with ‘been’, and ‘present participle’ of a verbThis tense is also called perfect imperfect or perfect progressive present tense

We should use the form of ‘have’ according to the subject of a sentence.

Let’s see-

Use of have in the present perfect continuous tense

In this tense, we use the form of have in the present tense. We have seen in the perfect present tense that there are two forms of have.

In these sentences, we should use-

  • have been with a present participle
  • has been with a present participle

In this sentence-

  • For the subject I, we, you, and they, we use ‘have been’.
  • For subject he, she, it or any singular numbered the third person, we use ‘has been’.

Now, we shall take an example with three persons in tabular form.

Present Perfect continuous Tense- Example

In this table, we took an example of present perfect continuous tense. We have taken first, second and third person with singular and plural form. We have used the form of have according to subject.
Let's have a look-
PersonSingular NumberPlural Number
1stI have been learning. We have been learning.
2ndYou have been learning.You have been learning
3rdHe has been learning.They have been learning.
She has been learning.They have been learning.
It has been learning.They have been learning.

You may also like the related links of Present Tense-

Simple
Continuous
Perfect
Uses of the present tense