Present Perfect Continuous

Past Perfect Continuous Tense ve Past Continuous Tense Türkçe'de birbirine çok benzeyen iki zamanın karşılığıdır. Bu yüzden kullanımda karıştırılmaları doğaldır. İki zamanı da doğru kullanabilmek için kurulan cümlelerdeki anlam farkının iyi anlaşılması gerekmektedir.

OLUMLU!			OLUMSUZ!				SORU!
I	have	been writing	I	have	not	been writing	have	I	been writing
you	have	been writing	you	have	not	been writing	have	you	been writing
we	have	been writing	we	have	not	been writing	have	we	been writing
they	have	been writing	they	have	not	been writing	have	they	been writing
he	has	been writing	he	has	not	been writing	has	he	been writing
she	has	been writing	she	has	not	been writing	has	she	been writing
it	has	been writing	it	has	not	been writing	has	it	been writing

A: What have you been doing ? ( Ne yapıyorsun )

B: I have been traveling around Europe

A: Which countries have you visited

B: I have visited France and England and now I'm in Spain , I haven't been Germany and Italy yet.

Bu tens bir aktivitenin sürekliliğini vurgulamak için kullanılır.Sözü edilen aktivite geçmişte başladı ve şu an devam etmektedir. Tense bu anlamı zamanı simgeleyen kelimelerle veririz. Bunlar :

For , Since , all morning , all day , all week.

Right now I am sitting at my desk.

1. I have been sitting here since seven o'clock.

2. I have been sitting here for two hours

3. You have been studying for five straight hourse

Presen perfect continuous tens zamanın herhangi bir spesifik anlamı dışında kullanıldığında, genel bir aktivitenin son zamanlardaki sürekliliğini vurgular.

5. I have been thinking about changing my major.

6. All of the students have been studying hard .Final exams start next week.

7. My back hurts , so I have been sleeping on the floor lately. the bed is too soft.

Live , work , teach gibi continuous tensleri olan fiillerle since veya for kullanıldığında , present perfect continuous ile present perfect simple arasın da pek bir fark olmaz. Yandaki örneklerde pek bir anlam farkı yoktur.

8. I have lived here since 1997

I have been living here since 1997

9. he has worked at the same store for ten years

He has been working at the same store for ten years