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Read the sentence given below.
• I have scratched my leg.
Sentence Formation in Present Perfect Tense
¾ To make a positive sentence, we add the helping verbs has or have with the past participle
form of the main verb.
Read the sentence given below.
• I have taught that chapter before.
¾ To make a negative sentence, we add has not or have not before the past participle form of
the main verb.
Read the sentence given below.
• She has not given me a reason to complain.
¾ To make an interrogative sentence, we start the question with have/have not or has/has not
before the subject followed by the past participle form of the main verb.
Read the sentence given below:
• Have we decided who the captain will be?
Present Perfect Continuous Tense
The present perfect continuous tense is used:
¾ to show something that has been going on from a particular time in the past till the present
moment.
Read the sentence given below.
• We have been coming here for the last five months.
¾ to show something that has just completed.
Read the sentence given below.
• He has been watching too many videos.
Sentence Formation in Present Perfect Continuous Tense
¾ To make a positive sentence, we add has/have been before the present participle (-ing)
form of the main verb.
Read the sentence given below.
• The fire has been raging since last night.
¾ To make a negative sentence, we add has not/have not + been before the present participle
(-ing) form of the main verb.
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