Present perfect continuous

Present perfect continuous

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What´s Andres doing?

He looks very tired

He is training for the Olympic Games.

He is been running around the garden since five o´clock this morning

You can use the present perfect continuous to say that you started doing something in the past and you are still doing it now. Look:

   It is ten o´clock. He is been running around the garden since fice o´clock. 

   = He started sunning at five, it is ten now and he is still running. 

   I have been writing letters half an hour ago and I am still writing them now

Use FOR with the present perfect continuous to talk about a length of time 

   Five years, two months, a week, three days, an hour

   He is been running for a month 

   = One month is the length of time he is been running, and he is still running.

Use SINCE with the present perfect continuous to say when something started

   2020, last year. last month, September, Monday

   He is been swimming since ten o´clock. 

   = He started swimming at ten o´clock, and he is still swimming. 

How must to use the Present perfect continuous? 

You can also use the present perfect continuous to say that you started doing something in the past and you are just stopped. Look:

  Why does Andres look so tired? because he is been running.

  = He looks tired because he is just stopped running

  I was swimming a short time ago but now I have stopped.

This is how you make the present perfect continuous:

   Positive or negative of  have or has + been + base verb + ing.

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