Present Perfect Continuous Tense

I have been singing

How do we make the Present Perfect Continuous Tense?

The structure of the present perfect continuous tense is:

subject

+	auxillary verb	+	auxillary verb	+	main verb	.
-	-	have has	-	been	-	base+ing

Here are some examples of the present perfect continuous tense:

.	subject	auxillary verb	.	auxillary verb	main verb	.
+	I	have	.	been	waiting	for one hour.
+	You	have	.	been	talking	too much.
-	It	has	not	been	raining.	.
-	We	have	not	been	playing	fotball.
?	Have	you	.	been	seeing	her?
?	Have	they	.	been	doing	their homework?

Contractions

When we use the present perfect continuous tense in speaking, we often contract the subject and the first auxiliary. We also sometimes do this in informal writing.

I have been	I've been
You have been	You've been
He has been She has been It has been John has been The car has been	He's been She's been It's been John's been The car's been
We have been	we've been
They have been	They've been

Here are some examples:

I've been reading.

The car's been giving trouble.

We've been playing tennis for two hours.

How do we use the Present Perfect Continuous Tense?

This tense is called the present perfect continuous tense. There is usually a connection with the present or now. There are basically two uses for the present perfect continuous tense: