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Perfect continuous tense

it is also progressive action which is used with
time expression (from past to present) means

that something started in the past and is
continue at the present time.

Time expressions (from past to present)

 Since, for, all, all along, throughout, whole + time
 How long ( question word)
 Definite time :
 Since: calendar (a)
 Calendar ( day, month, year): since Monday, since Sunday, since January, since February, since 2018,

since 2012
 Watch time: since 4 o’clock, since 6 o’ clock
 Stages of life: since birth, since childhood, since marriage, since youth,
 occasions: since holi, since Deewali, since birthday , since joining, since marriage, since his father

death
 part of each day time: since morning, since evening, since noon, since night, since midnight, since

dusk, since dawn etc.
 Indefinite time : for ( the amount of time)
 time is not specific here.
 For an hour, for two days, for three week, for two months, for four years
 And some other time expressions are
 Throughout the day, the whole night, the whole day, all along these day, all along the week, all

month, all day,

Structure: present perfect continuous

Formula of sentence:
Sub + has been/have been + action + ing + obj + (time reference)
since/for/all/all along/ throughout/whole + time

 He has been playing hockey since morning.
 She has been studying geography the whole night.
 Rahul has been working in this company for fifteen years.
 They have been surfing the internet since 1990.
 I have been reading novels since youth.
 My mother has been cooking food since marriage.
 Mohit singh Rathor has been living in Jaipur since 2016.
 Neetu tomar has been studying at MBBS college in lucknow since 2012.
 I have been watching trollywood movies since childhood.

Use of how long:

 How long + has/have + subject + been + verb + action +
ing + object?

 How long have you been teaching English?
 How long has he been talking on phone?
 How long has your father been watching television?

Structure of Past perfect continuous tense :

Sub + had been + action + ing + obj + since/for/all/all along/
throughout/whole + time (time-reference).

 He had been playing cricket since morning.
 She had been asking questions since school days.
 I had been preparing for IIT exams for last year.
 They had been sticking postures since morning.
 I had been playing video games for two hours.
 It had been raining over here the whole day.
 How long had he been teaching in class?

Structure of future perfect continuous tense :

Sub + will have been/shall have been+ action + ing + obj +

.since/for/all/all along/ throughout/whole + time

 She will have been studying throughout the month because her exams
are about to start.

 They will have been practicing for dance all day. They perform
tomorrow.

 Our relatives are going to come at my home therefore I will have been
serving food throughout the night.

 There are four interviews have been scheduled tomorrow that’s why
she will have been facing interview all along the day.

 You will have been watching Avenger Endgame movie for two hours.

Exercise

 She told that they …………. in Lucknow for three years.
 Will have been living b. have been living c. had been living
 How long ………..Neeraj Sir …………. teaching English?
 Have-been b. has-been c. will-be
 They ………… teaching in Chaudhary Charan Singh University since last year.
 Have been b. will have been c. had been
 He says that she ……….. working in Tech Mahindra for two years.
 Will have been b. had been c. have been
 I ……….. teaching in S.G.M. Public School for two years by the end of this year.
 Shall have been b. had been c. have been
 He ……….. living in Jaipur for six months by next month.
 Will have been b. had been c. have been
 She ……….. working on this project since the last month.

Exercise

 It ………. raining the whole night.
 Had been b. have been c. was
 She …….. studying all along the week.
 Is b. was c. has been
 He ………… playing football since morning.
 Was b. is c. has been
 Sumit Som ………. Reading a novel throughout the day.
 Was b. is c. had been
 Bhupendra Mule………… preparing for an IAS examination since 2013.
 Was b. is c. have been
 Mahesh ……… decorating the room for two hours.
 Have been b. has been c. is
 Sudha …….. watching television since evening.
 Was b. will be c. has been
 It is predicted that It ………. Snowing in Shimla the whole day.
 Was b. is c. will have been

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