Vamos estudar nesse post o Present Perfect Continuous (I have been waiting). Daremos atenção na sua formação e uso. Teremos também em destaque as sentenças e o áudio.

  • The present perfect continuous is used to express actions that started in the past. The activity is still happening or has just stopped.
  • It’s used to highlight the amount of time a prolonged action has been going on for. (an action repeated many times). We use expressions like all morning /all night / all week/ all day / all day long.
  • It is formed with have/has + been + verb in the –ing form.
Affirmative > I/you/we/you/they have (‘ve) been waiting…
he/she/it has (‘s) been waiting…		Negative > I/you/we/you/they have not (haven’t) been waiting…
he/she/it has not (hasn’t) been waiting…
Questions > Have I/you/we/you/they been waiting…?
Has he/she/it… been waiting?
  1. I‘ve been running for half an hour.
  2. Jane has been cooking all afternoon.
  3. He‘s been watching TV since 2 o’clock.
  4. It‘s been raining all day.
  5. I‘ve been learning English for two years.
  6. They haven’t been waiting for very long.
  7. Has she been waiting for you all this time?
  8. My niece is angry. She‘s been waiting in line for almost 24 hours.
  9. How long have you been learning German?
  10. The ground is wet. It’s been raining.
  11. Why are you out of breath? Have you been running?
  12. Paul is very tired. He’s been working hard.
  13. Why are you so tired? What have you been doing?
  14. I have been sleeping all day.
  15. I‘ve been working hard all morning.
  16. Where have you been? I’ve been looking for you.
  17. Your son has been watching TV all day.
  18. My mother-in-law hasn’t been feeling well recently.
  19. I‘ve been reading the book for two hours.
  20. We‘ve been working a lot this week.
  21. Her clothes are wet. She‘s been walking in the rain.
  22. The children’s hands are dirty. They‘ve been playing in the mud.
  23. My boss has been talking to clients for two hours.
  24. Your hands are dirty. Have you been fixing your car?
  25. How long has it been raining?

Exercises:

Crosswords – Present Perfect Continuous + Vocabulary
Combinação – Present Perfect Continuous + Vocabulary