Present Perfect Progressive Rules
Here you can find tables with Present Perfect Progressive rules on:
positive sentences, negative sentences and questions.
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Positive Sentences
| Who? | Form of verb | Examples |
| I | have + been + verb + ing | I
have been waiting for an hour. |
| He/She/It | has + been + verb + ing | He
has been waiting for an hour. She has been waiting for an hour. It has been waiting for an hour. |
| You | have + been + verb + ing | You have been waiting for an hour. |
| We | We have been waiting for an hour. | |
| They | They have been waiting for an hour. |
Click here to find out how to add ing to a verb
Negative Sentences
| Who? | Form of verb | Examples |
| I | have +
not + been + verb + ing haven't + been + verb + ing |
I
have not been waiting for an hour. I haven't been waiting for an hour. |
| He/She/It | has +
not + been + verb + ing hasn't + been + verb + ing |
He
has not been waiting for an hour. He hasn't been waiting for an hour. She has not been waiting for an hour. She hasn't been waiting for an hour. It has not been waiting for an hour. It hasn't been waiting for an hour. |
| You | have +
not + been + verb + ing haven't + been + verb + ing |
You
have not been waiting for an hour. You haven't been waiting for an hour. |
| We | We
have not been waiting for an hour. We haven't been waiting for an hour. |
|
| They | They
have not been waiting for an hour. They haven't been waiting for an hour. |
Question Sentences
| Who? | Form of verb | Examples | |
| Have | I | been + verb + ing | Have I been waiting for an hour? |
| Has | he/she/it | Has
he been waiting for an hour? Has she been waiting for an hour? Has it been waiting for an hour? |
|
| Have | you | Have you been waiting for an hour? | |
| we | Have we been waiting for an hour? | ||
| they | Have they been waiting for an hour? |
So these are the Present Perfect Progressive rules.
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