To talk about actions beginning in the past till the present time.
To refer to actions which have been going on for a period of time, so we use prepositions...
For - Since
(For six hours or Since 1990).
Also the expressions Lately or Recently can be used.
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Subject + Have - Has + Been + Verb -ing + the rest of the sentence.
The use of the auxiliaries "Have" or "Has" will depend on the subject of the sentence.
If the subject is or equals
He - She - It
we use the auxiliary "Has".
If the subject is or equals
I - You - We - They
we use the auxiliary "Have".
After writing "Have" or "Has" in this verbal tense, the word "Been" is always used followed by the main verb with the -Ing form at the end of it.
Subject + Have Not / Has Not + Been + Verb Ing + the rest of the sentence.
The negative structure is the same as the Affirmative form but you add "Not" to the auxiliaries "Have" and "Has".
For this reason we write
Have Not (Haven't).
or
Has Not (Hasn't).
Have / Has + Subject + Been + Verb Ing + the rest of the sentence?
In the interrogative form, the auxiliaries
Have - Has
are written before the subject of the sentence.
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_ _ _ _ _ in a tent.
I has been living
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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
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been living
Good!
Which of the following sentences is grammatically wrong?
Has he to be stalking you?
Great!
Has he been stalking you?
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Have you been running today?
Wrong answer
We can use either "HAVE/HAS" or the short form 'VE/'S.
True
Cool!
False
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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
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They _ _ _ _ _ working all night long.
have been
Good!
has been
Wrong answer
has
Keep trying
My doctor _ _ _ _ _ studying since she was 20.
have been
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has being
Wrong answer
has been
Great!
I _ _ _ _ _ hockey for years.
have been play
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have playing
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have been playing
Cool!
Tom _ _ _ _ _ reading this book.
hasn't been
You did it!
hasn't be
Wrong answer
have been
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Have you _ _ _ _ _ running lately?
being
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been
That´s it!
be
Wrong answer
Has he been _ _ _ _ _ well?
sleep
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sleeping
Correct answer!
has
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