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. But I now the meaning, the real problem is when I am talking.
Signal words
all day, the whole day, since, for
Questions with how longExamples:
- I'm so tired, I've been studying.
- I've been running, so I'm really hot.
- It's been raining, the pavement is wet.
- I've been reading your book, it's very good.
- I've been living in London for two years.
- She's been working here since 2004.
- We've been waiting for the bus for hours.
Form
have/has + been + infinitive + -ing
This website has a lot of information and some excercises: http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/present-perfect-continuous-exercise-1.html
The next video is going to being you an idea of the correct use of this english tense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyrREnqBou8
And this video is an example of the ordinary use of the tense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWfDrPeBDl8
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