Present Perfect Continuous Tense 50 Best Examples and Formula

How to make Present Perfect Continuous Sentences?

This article will teach you how to make Present Perfect Continuous Tense sentences with examples and formulas. It includes 50 best examples of Present perfect Continuous sentences. We have explained present perfect continuous negative sentences and present perfect continuous interrogative sentences. The formula and example will helps students to make sentences easily.

What is the Present Perfect Continuous Tense?

The Present Perfect Continuous Tense expresses an action that began in the past and is continuing. The action should be going on at the time of speaking.

I have been listening to music for the last 10 hours.’

I have been working here since morning.

Remember: For is used for a period of time.

Since is used for a point of time.

This tense is also used to emphasize the continued and uninterrupted nature of an action though it is complete one.

I have been waiting for his call since 6 o ‘clock.

He has been reading all day.

Present Perfect Continuous Tense Example

1. I have been living in Spain for 10 years.
2. Sue has been listening to music since 9 o’clock.
3.  Susan has been talking to her grandfather.
4. They have been having lunch for an hour.
5. The boy has been playing since morning.
6. Our neighbors have been cleaning their houses.
7.  The police have been looking for the thief for three weeks.
8. They have been driving the car since 8 o’clock.
9. I have been cycling since last week.
10. Paul has been working in a bank since 2010.
11. Ted has been dancing for two hours.
12. Mr. Baker has been taking classes for four weeks.
13. You have been reading the newspaper since 5 o’clock.
14. We have been going to the temple since I was 10 years old.
15. They have been buying new clothes.
16. He has been playing chess all night.
17. George has been looking for a job.
18. Diana hasn’t been washing her clothes.
19. She has been living with her parents.
20. My brother has been phoning our grandmother.
21. The mechanic has been repairing the car since yesterday.
22. The students have been trying hard to learn French.
23. They have been swimming in the river since 5 o’clock.
24. Tim has been buying books from the book fair.
25. The boy has been hitting animals.
26. She has been teaching in school.
27. He has been writing a book.
28. John hasn’t been teaching in a college.
29. The girls have been spending their money on toys.
30. Our neighbors have been meeting their relatives.
31. The sun has been shinning.
32. The old man has been selling mangoes.
33. The teachers have been maintaining discipline.
34. The boy has been standing in the sun.
35. The woman has been sitting under the tree.
36. You have been sleeping since 5 o’clock.
37. She has been taking medicines on time.
38. We have been seeing a doctor.
39. The children haven’t been doing their homework.
40. The fisherman has been catching fish.
41. The tourists have been taking pictures.
42. I have been buying dresses from the mall.
43. They have been parking their car in the garage.
44. Sue has been drawing since she was seven years old.
45. Mike has been watching TV for three hours.
46. Kate has been speaking English.
47. The gardener has been watering the plants.
48. Jill has been waiting for her friend.
49. They have been cutting down the trees.
50. He has been ironing his shirts.

Present Perfect Continuous Tense (Negative Sentence) Examples

1. He hasn’t been working in a factory.
2. I haven’t been watering the plants in the garden.
3. They haven’t been living in Goa.
4. Sam hasn’t been jumping on the bed.
5. We haven’t been searching for keys.

Present Perfect Continuous Tense (Interrogative Sentence) Examples

1. Have they been doing their homework?
2. Has Sita been walking in the park?
3. Have you been talking to your neighbors?
4. Has Tom been feeding the stray animals?
5.  Has it been raining?

Also Read:-

1. Use of Present Perfect Tense in 50 Sentences: Example, Formula and Structure.
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