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"Present perfect continuous tense shows the action that started in the past and has continued until the current instant."
Present perfect continuous tense is used to talk about an action that began in the past and stopped recently. There is usually a result now. We also use the present perfect continuous tense to talk about an action that began in the past and is continuing now. This is often used with for or since.
Basic Structure of Present Perfect Continuous Tense:
• Structure for Present Perfect Continuous •
• Structure for Negative sentence •
• Structure for interrogative sentence •
We normally use the present perfect continuous tense for:
• An action that has just stopped or recently stopped. • An action continuing up to now.
The Present Perfect Continuous is used for an action which began at some time in the past and is still continuing:
This tense is sometimes used for an action already finished. In such cases the continuity of the activity is emphasized as an explanation of something:
We can also use 'for' and 'since' with the present perfect continuous tense.
We use 'for' to talk about a period of time - 15 minutes, 3 weeks, 5 years.
We use 'since' to talk about a point in past time-7 o'clock, 1st June, Wednesday.
