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Saturday, February 2, 2013
What is Present Perfect Progressive Tense?
It emphasizes the continuous nature of the
activity or the duration of the action throughout a period of time.
The present perfect progressive expresses an action that recently stopped or is still going on. It puts emphasis on the duration or course of the action.
The present perfect progressive (continuous) is actually easier to understand than the present perfect simple tense. It is used to describe an event that started in the past but is still happening in the present. That event in the present can be
An habitual event:
Ex. I have been living in this house for 40 years. (I started living in it 40 years ago and I am still living in it today.)
Something that is taking place at this moment:
Ex. I have been climbing up this mountain for over two hours. (I started climbing up it two hours ago and at this moment I’m still climbing.)
The present perfect progressive it indicates a continuous action that has been finished at some point in the past or that was initiated in the past and continues to happen. The action is usually of limited duration and has some current relevance: "She has been running and her heart is still beating fast."
The present progressive tense expresses an action that has been finished in the past or continuously going on. There is a duration or a course of action.
We present perfect progressive tense to express the action that started in the past and still continuously happening that the present. It is important to emphasize that the action has been going on in a certain duration.
Present Perfect progressive tense is important to emphasize actions that have been taking place recently or lately. It is used to put more emphasis on the duration of the action that has been going on.
Examples of which:
I have been feeling sick recently She has been working in that company for three years now.
The present perfect progressive frequently is used to describe an event of the recent past; it is often accompanied by just in this usage: "It has just been raining."
>.< Jenny Ignacio UV The present perfect progressive (continuous) is actually easier to understand than the present perfect simple tense. It is used to describe an event that started in the past but is still happening in the present.
The present perfect progressive expresses an action that recently stopped or is still going on. It puts emphasis on the duration or course of the action.
present perfect progressive tense indicates continuing action, something going on now. This tense is formed with the helping "to be" verb, in the present tense, plus the present participle of the verb (with an -ing ending): "I am buying all my family's Christmas gifts early this year.
the action is continuous...
ReplyDeleteThe present perfect progressive expresses an action that recently stopped or is still going on. It puts emphasis on the duration or course of the action.
ReplyDeleteThe present perfect progressive (continuous) is actually easier to understand than the present perfect simple tense. It is used to describe an event that started in the past but is still happening in the present. That event in the present can be
ReplyDeleteAn habitual event:
Ex. I have been living in this house for 40 years.
(I started living in it 40 years ago and I am still living in it today.)
Something that is taking place at this moment:
Ex. I have been climbing up this mountain for over two hours.
(I started climbing up it two hours ago and at this moment I’m still climbing.)
ROBERT A. GENTICA
BSED-3/PM1
PAP
The present perfect progressive it indicates a continuous action that has been finished at some point in the past or that was initiated in the past and continues to happen. The action is usually of limited duration and has some current relevance: "She has been running and her heart is still beating fast."
ReplyDeleteMarilou Espinosa
The present progressive tense expresses an action that has been finished in the past or continuously going on. There is a duration or a course of action.
ReplyDeletePrima Rosales
ReplyDeleteBSED II - UVMC
We present perfect progressive tense to express the action that started in the past and still continuously happening that the present. It is important to emphasize that the action has been going on in a certain duration.
Yes correct then you will use the modal have or has+been+present form of the verb with -ing.
DeletePresent Perfect progressive tense is important to emphasize actions that have been taking place recently or lately. It is used to put more emphasis on the duration of the action that has been going on.
ReplyDeleteExamples of which:
I have been feeling sick recently
She has been working in that company for three years now.
The present perfect tense can be simple or progressive.These two different kinds of present perfect are different in both form and meaning / usage.
ReplyDeleteindicates a continuous action that has been finished at some point in the past or that was initiated in the past and continues to happen.
ReplyDelete>.< Jenny Ignacio UV
ReplyDeleteThe present perfect progressive frequently is used to describe an event of the recent past; it is often accompanied by just in this usage: "It has just been raining."
>.< Jenny Ignacio UV
ReplyDeleteThe present perfect progressive (continuous) is actually easier to understand than the present perfect simple tense. It is used to describe an event that started in the past but is still happening in the present.
The Present Perfect Tense to say that an action happened at an unspecified time before now.The exact time is not important.
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ReplyDelete>.<Jenny Ignacio UV
This tense talks about how long you have been doing something you started in the past and still continue now.
have/has been + verb+ing
like has been studying or have been running
>.< Jenny Ignacio UV
ReplyDeleteGenerally when you use this tense you want to say how long something has been happening, so you will use since or for if you tell the amount of time.
This is improtant part a student should learn to use and know for them to determine the exact term to be used.
ReplyDeleteThe present perfect progressive expresses an action that recently stopped or is still going on. It puts emphasis on the duration or course of the action.
ReplyDeleteExample:
She has been writting for two hours.
present perfect progressive tense indicates continuing action, something going on now. This tense is formed with the helping "to be" verb, in the present tense, plus the present participle of the verb (with an -ing ending): "I am buying all my family's Christmas gifts early this year.
ReplyDeleteused in describing action that is on-going. it is also used to express action that is on-going at the time of utterance.
ReplyDeletePresent perfect tense, is form with a form. It expresses action that has recently or lately done.
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