Present Perfect Continuous – una panoramica

Uso

Il Present Perfect Continuous si usa per descrivere:

• un’azione continuata o ripetuta che inizia nel passato e continua nel presente (si usa con gli avverbi for, since, all)
• un’attività temporanea
• un’azione continuata o ripetuta nel passato che ha ripercussioni per il presente
• un’azione continuata o ripetuta che costituisce una novità
• un’azione continuata o ripetuta che è terminata recentemente (si usa con Just)

Struttura

Affermazioni positive:

Soggetto + Ausiliare Avere	Participio Passato Essere	Verbo Gerundio
I’ve (I have)	been	choosing.
You’ve (You have)	been	flying.
She’s (She has)	been	taking.
He’s (He has)	been	finding.
We’ve (We have)	been	seeing.

Affermazioni negative:

Soggetto + Ausiliare Avere	Participio Passato Essere	Verbo Gerundio
I haven’t (I have not)	been	eating.
You haven’t (You have not)	been	choosing.
She hasn’t (She have not)	been	flying.
He hasn’t (He have not)	been	taking.
We haven’t (We have not)	been	finding.
They haven’t (They have not)	been	seeing.

Domande:

Parola Interrogativa	Ausiliare Avere Passato	Soggetto	Participio Passato Essere	Verbo Gerundio
How long	have	I	been	eating?
Where	have	you	been	choosing?
Why	has	he	been	flying?
What	has	she	been	taking?
What	have	we	been	watching?

Esempi

• Recently I have been watching a lot of horror movies.
• Why have you been calling her so much recently?
• I’ve just been talking to Sam. He says hello.
• She’s been doing sport to try and lose weight.
• “Why do you look so tired?” “I’ve been working a lot.”
• We’ve been saving up for years. Now we can finally buy a house.