2. Forma
[has/have+ been+ participio de presente o “-ing”]
Ejemplos:
You have been waiting for two hours.
Have you been waiting for two hours?
You haven’t been waiting for two hours.
Present Perfect Continuous
3. Frases negativas
Sujeto Verbo auxiliar V-ing
I, we, you, they haven’t been walking, doing,studying
He, she, it has n’t been walking, doing, sudying
• They haven’t been talking for two hours (Han estado hablando durante
dos horas)
• She hasn’t been sudying German since she was 16 (Ha estado
estudiando alemán desde que tenía 16 años)
Present Perfect Continuous
4. Frases afirmativas
Sujeto Verbo auxiliar V-ing
I, we, you, they have been walking, doing,studying
He, she, it has been walking, doing, sudying
• They have been talking for two hours (Han estado hablando durante
dos horas)
• She has been sudying German since she was 16 (Ha estado
estudiando alemán desde que tenía 16 años)
Present Perfect Continuous
5. Frases interrogativas
Verbo auxiliar Sujeto “been” V-ing ?
Have I, we, you they been walking,
doing,studying
Has He, she, it been walking, doing,
sudying
• Have they been talking for two hours? (¿Han estado hablando durante
dos horas?)
• Has she been sudying German since she was 16? (¿Ha estado
estudiando alemán desde que tenía 16 años?)
Present Perfect Continuous
6. Usos
• Usamos este tiempo cuando queremos expresar el sentido de la continuidad de
una acción que comenzó en el pasado y que dura todavía en el presente o acaba
de terminar.
• Nos referimos a algo que hemos estado haciendo durante un tiempo y, por
tanto, usamos las preposiciones “for” y “since”.
•Si usamos el presente perfecto continuo sin un periodo de tiempo, significa
“lately” o “recently” (últimamente, recientemente).
Present Perfect Continuous