PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

USE

Is used to say actions that have started in the past but continue in the present

ADVERBS EXPRESSIONS

FOR

Is used to express the duration of an activity we can say the amount of time

SINCE

Is used to express the specific moment in witch said action began

STRUCTURE GRAMATICAL

AFIRMATIVE

Subj + have / has + been + verb.ing + complement

Harry and Dumbledore have been talking for three hours

NEGATIVE

Subj + haven‘t/hasn’t + been + verb.ing + complement

Hermione hasn’t been studying Defence Against the Dark Arts for very long

INTERROGATIVE

Have / Has + subj + been + verbo. ing + ?

Have Voldemort and Potter been talking for a long time?

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