{"id":137,"date":"2017-06-03T22:58:41","date_gmt":"2017-06-03T17:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.examcoaching.in\/blog\/?page_id=137"},"modified":"2019-10-24T21:33:58","modified_gmt":"2019-10-24T16:03:58","slug":"present-perfect-continuous-tense","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.examcoaching.in\/blog\/english\/tense\/present-perfect-continuous-tense","title":{"rendered":"Present Perfect Continuous Tense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If an act which was started earlier and it still continues and it may continue in the future then you should use Present Perfect Continuous Tense.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Sub + has\/have + been + verb + ing<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If since\/for came in a sentence apart from the above the situation then you should use Present Perfect Continuous Tense.<\/p>\n<p>Eg:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I have been working in this company for 3 years.<\/li>\n<li>She has been doing MBA since 2016.<\/li>\n<li>My sister has been preparing for LDC exam for 2 years.<\/li>\n<li>They have been building the bridge for several months.<\/li>\n<li>My uncle has been staying in Delhi since 2002.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Prev: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examcoaching.in\/blog\/english\/tense\/present-perfect-tense\">Present Perfect Tense<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examcoaching.in\/blog\/english\/tense\/simple-past-tense\">Simple Past Tense<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If an act which was started earlier and it still continues and it may continue in the future then you should use Present Perfect Continuous Tense. Sub + has\/have + been + verb + ing If since\/for came in a sentence apart from the above the situation then you should use Present Perfect Continuous Tense. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":114,"menu_order":2100,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-english"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P7pDEj-2d","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":114,"url":"https:\/\/www.examcoaching.in\/blog\/english\/tense","url_meta":{"origin":137,"position":0},"title":"Tense","author":"Ranjith","date":"April 11, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"There are 3 tenses in English Grammar. They are Past Tense, Present Tense and Future Tense. Past Tense say about an event that occurred in the past. Present tense says about an event that is occurring now and future tense says about an event that will occur in the future.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;English&quot;","block_context":{"text":"English","link":"https:\/\/www.examcoaching.in\/blog\/category\/english"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":214,"url":"https:\/\/www.examcoaching.in\/blog\/english\/tense\/future-perfect-continuous-tense","url_meta":{"origin":137,"position":1},"title":"Future Perfect Continuous Tense","author":"Ranjith","date":"October 24, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Future Perfect Continuous Tense is used to say an action that started in the past and at a time in the future the action will be still continuing. This tense is rarely used in English Sub + will\/shall + have + been + verb + ing + Obj Example Rohan\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;English&quot;","block_context":{"text":"English","link":"https:\/\/www.examcoaching.in\/blog\/category\/english"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":196,"url":"https:\/\/www.examcoaching.in\/blog\/english\/tense\/past-perfect-continuous-tense","url_meta":{"origin":137,"position":2},"title":"Past Perfect Continuous Tense","author":"Ranjith","date":"October 24, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Past Perfect Continuous Tense is used to say that in the past before completing an action another action is continuing or going on\u2026 Sub + had + been + verb + ing + Obj Example Raju had been waiting for the bus for an hourBefore I began to prepare for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;English&quot;","block_context":{"text":"English","link":"https:\/\/www.examcoaching.in\/blog\/category\/english"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":128,"url":"https:\/\/www.examcoaching.in\/blog\/english\/tense\/present-continuous-tense","url_meta":{"origin":137,"position":3},"title":"Present Continuous Tense","author":"Ranjith","date":"April 18, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"This tense is used to represent a thing that happens\/happening when we speak about it. 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