We use it

Para hablar sobre acciones que han comenzado en el pasado y continuan en el presente.

Para referirnos a una accion que se ha estado haciendo por un periodo de tiempo, por lo que se acompaña por las preposiciones...

For y Since

(for six hours o since 1990).

Tambien pueden utilizarse las expresiones Lately o Recently.

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Sujeto + Have - Has + Been + Verbo -Ing + el resto de la oracion.

El uso de los auxiliares "Have" o "Has" dependera del sujeto de la oracion.

Si el Sujeto es o equivale a

He - She - It

se usa el Auxiliar "Has".

Si el Sujeto es o equivale a

I - You - We - They

se usa el Auxiliar "Have".

Despues de escribir "Have" o "Has", en este Tiempo Verbal siempre se escribe la palabra "Been" y seguido a ella, el Verbo Principal con -Ing al final.

  • Examples

    She has been studying for 3 hours.

    (Ella ha estado estudiando por 3 horas).

    They have been living in New York since 1995.

    (Ellos han estado viviendo en Nueva York desde 1995).

    Susan has been planning her vacations for a month.

    (Susan ha estado planeando sus vacaciones por 1 mes).

Sujeto + Have Not / Has Not + Been + Verbo –Ing + el resto de la oracion.

La estructura en Negativo es igual al Afirmativo pero los auxiliares

Have - Has

se niegan.

Es decir que se escribe

Have Not (Haven't)

or

Has Not (Hasn't).

  • Examples

    They haven't been cleaning the house.

    (Ellos no han estado limpiando la casa).

    My parents haven't been travelling around the world.

    (Mis padres no han estado viajando alrededor del mundo).

    Erik has not been studying the whole week.

    (Erik no ha estado estudiando la semana entera).

Have / Has + Sujeto + Been + Verbo –Ing + el resto de la oracion…?

En la forma Interrogativa, los Auxiliares

Have - Has

se escriben antes del Sujeto de la oracion.

  • Examples

    Have you been feeling ok lately?

    (Has tu estado sintiendote bien ultimamente?).

    Has Anne been talking on the phone for an hour?

    (Ha Anne estado hablando en el telefono por una hora?).

    Have they been driving since yesterday?

    (Han ellos estado manejando desde ayer?).

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_ _ _ _ _ in a tent.

I has been living

Try again

I've been living

Well done!

I have be living

Wrong answer

Evan _ _ _ _ _ recently.

has not been crying

You did it!

hasn't been cry

Wrong answer

has crying

Keep trying

She has _ _ _ _ _ here since she was a child.

be living

Keep trying

living

Try again

been living

Good!

Which of the following sentences is grammatically wrong?

Has he to be stalking you?

Great!

Has he been stalking you?

Try again

Have you been running today?

Wrong answer

We can use either "HAVE/HAS" or the short form 'VE/'S.

True

Cool!

False

Keep trying

We generally use FOR/SINCE in this tense.

True

You did it!

False

Wrong answer

The main verb of the sentence is conjugated in Participle.

True

Try again

False

That´s it!

In the negative form, we use isn't - aren't.

True

Wrong answer

False

Correct answer!

We write HAVEN'T/HASN'T in the negative form.

True

Well done!

False

Keep trying

They _ _ _ _ _ working all night long.

have been

Good!

has been

Wrong answer

has

Keep trying

My doctor _ _ _ _ _ studying since she was 20.

have been

Try again

has being

Wrong answer

has been

Great!

I _ _ _ _ _ hockey for years.

have been play

Keep trying

have playing

Try again

have been playing

Cool!

Tom _ _ _ _ _ reading this book.

hasn't been

You did it!

hasn't be

Wrong answer

have been

Keep trying

Have you _ _ _ _ _ running lately?

being

Try again

been

That´s it!

be

Wrong answer

Has he been _ _ _ _ _ well?

sleep

Keep trying

sleeping

Correct answer!

has

Try again

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