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In this
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through the application and understanding of ‘The present perfect progressive tense.’ It is also known as present
perfect continuous tense. We have already explained the present perfect tense
in older posts referring to the same will help in understanding this portion of
the post.
Inferring to the description of the site; we took a case from 19’s popular American Television Show-Guys Next Door. The series was filmed on the issues of that time as comedy genre. We are going to learn the present perfect progressive tense from one the famous song of the ‘Guys Next Door.’ Titled as I’ve been waiting for you in this grammar point.
Inferring to the description of the site; we took a case from 19’s popular American Television Show-Guys Next Door. The series was filmed on the issues of that time as comedy genre. We are going to learn the present perfect progressive tense from one the famous song of the ‘Guys Next Door.’ Titled as I’ve been waiting for you in this grammar point.
Grammar
point: 1.5) Present Perfect Progressive Tense:
Video Source: I've Been Waiting For You Lyrics Guys Next Door
("Ive Been Waiting For You Lyrics Guys Next Door." Youtube, 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzo_u5peeWM.)
Here in the above video used plenty
of ‘Present Perfect Progressive Tense’ let’s have a closer look.
Application:
We use Present Perfect
Progressive Tense to express action started in the past and continued in
the present time. Also, we can describe how long the activity lasts by using
this tense. As well as, we can outline recent events using adverbs
‘recently’ or ‘lately.’ It may not come with ‘since’ and ‘for.’
The formation:
Subject + have/has (not) + been + -ing
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Contractions:
She’s/ he’s/ its + been + -ing
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I’ve/ we’ve/ you’ve/ they’ve + been + -ing
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In the video:
“Yeah girl
I've been searching so long
In this world
Trying to find someone
Who could be?
What my picture of love was to me?
Then you came along.”
Same in the video, we can hear below all are examples of ‘Present Perfect Progressive Tense.’
“ 'Cause I've been waiting for you.”
“I've been saving my love.”
More examples:
1) I have been writing a lot lately.
2) You have been reading this article for a few minutes.
3) The police have been hunting for a thief last two days.
4) Recently, the excitement has been decreasing in the Cricket World Cup due to the rain abended matches in 2019.
For constructing a negative sentence, we use ‘not’ after helping verb ‘have/has.’
I've been searching so long
In this world
Trying to find someone
Who could be?
What my picture of love was to me?
Then you came along.”
Same in the video, we can hear below all are examples of ‘Present Perfect Progressive Tense.’
“ 'Cause I've been waiting for you.”
“I've been saving my love.”
More examples:
1) I have been writing a lot lately.
2) You have been reading this article for a few minutes.
3) The police have been hunting for a thief last two days.
4) Recently, the excitement has been decreasing in the Cricket World Cup due to the rain abended matches in 2019.
For constructing a negative sentence, we use ‘not’ after helping verb ‘have/has.’
Contractions:
i. e. 5) It’s 8. If sandy is here, she has not been sleeping.
6) I started reading an article in the morning. The afternoon, I haven’t been doing anything expect reding.
NOTE*
We never use “Right now” in the Present perfect progressive tense.
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