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13 13 Perfect Continuous Tenses

Warm-up

Look at the pictures. Write sentences in (a) present perfect continuous, (b) past
perfect continuous, and (c) future perfect continuous tenses, using the given
words and phrases.
(a)

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(Children/play/30 minutes)

(b)
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(tailor/saw/clothes/2020)

(c)
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kid/learn to water/plants/childhood)

Present Perfect Continuous Tense

Formation of sentences in the present perfect continuous tense.

Subject has/have been present participle
The worker has been fixing the leakage.

Mohan and I have been baking some cookies.

She has been relying on me for support.
The farmers have been protesting on the streets.

The present perfect continuous tense shows an action that started in the past and is
continuing up to the present. The present perfect continuous is formed by using has/
have + been + present participle form of the main verb.

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