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The Present Perfect Continuous

1. FORM:

a I. YOU,WE, THEY HAVE BEEN + V-ING as in We have been talking...

b HE, SHE, IT HAS BEEN V-ING as in It has been snowing ...

AFFIRMATTVE. NEGATIVE, INTERROGATIVE:

We have been waitina for her for two hours. You haven't been doiną anything lately!

aHave you been worki na out? Youre so fit!

How long have we been waitiną for her?

What has she been doiną?

Z. USAGE:

a This verb tcnse stresses the duration of the action. Prepositions Since and for can be used.

She has been playiną in the garden for hours. (shes still there)

b It's also used to describe a long action that O began in the past and has just stopped. The result of the action is elear or implied.

It has been raining. The ground is still wet.

c. We can also use it to talk about something that has been in progress recently or lately.

You look wonderful! Have you been working out lately?

Have you been smoking recently? I can smell cigarette smoke here!

You hayent been takina thinąs seriously lately.

Complete the dialogues between a writer and a reporter using the Present Perfect Continuous and the necessary prepositions:

$ 3*	R: How long (you- write) books?^1 W: ^2
T ’	them ^3 five yeors. *
s	R: How long in Africa?^4
	W: I ^5 (live) in Africa ^61998. R: How long
	^7 (your guide -work)with you? W: He
	^8 (work) with me ^9two years.
	R: What else
	(you-do) in Africa?^10 W: I (take)^u photos for my guidebook. R: How long (travel)^12 around Kenya?
	W: ^13fl-traveh ^14 6 a.m. R: ^15 (you-walk) around Kenya!? W: I (driveV^6 and fwalkV^7
/
	R: (you - ride)^18 elephants too? W: No I ^19 But I
	(send)^Ł° photos of
f	elephants and many other animals to some magazines. I've sold most of my photos. I (think)^21 of becoming a fuli time photographer. R: ^22 (I-consider) changing my job ^23 two years!

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