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PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSES

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The Present Perfect Continuous or Progressive (has/ have + been + V-ing) is a form of the verb that shows the duration of an action that started in the past and continues until now.   Example: I have been working in London for five years. Temporary actions happening recently or lately. Example: I have been eating a lot of chocolate lately. She has been studying a lot this week because she has an English test. They have been working in Manchester for the past two weeks.   Actions that recently stopped that have clear evidence or results now. Example: I’m tired. I’ve been working all day.  The Past Perfect Continuous (had + been + V-ing) tense is used to express something that started in the past and continued until another time or action in the past.   Example:   I had been waiting for an hour when the bus finally arrived. They had been watching birds before it started to rain. To express the duration of an activity in the past to a point i...