Perfect Progressive Tense
The perfect
progressive tense describes actions that repeated over a period of time in the
past, are continuing in the present, and/or will continue in the future.
The present perfect progressive tense tells you about a continuous action that
was initiated in the past and finished at some point in the past; however, the
action has some relation to the present time. Use have/has + been + ing.
- It has been raining, and the street
is still wet.
- I have been running, and I am still
tired.
- She has been practicing the piano,
and she is much better now.
The past perfect
progressive tense illustrates a continuous action in the past that was
completed before another past action. Use had + been + ing.
- It had been raining, and the street
was still wet.
- I had been running, and I was still
tired.
- She had been practicing the piano,
and she had gotten much better.
The future
perfect progressive tense indicates a continuous action that will be completed
in the future. Use will + have + been + ing.
- By tonight, it will have been
raining several hours, and the street will be very wet.
- By next summer, I will have been
running for almost a year, and I will be fit and healthy.
- By the time of the concert, she
will have been practicing the piano for several months, and she will be
much better.
[Quiz
12.1]
Choose the incorrect sentence from the following.
1) I have been sleeping all day today.
2) They will have been walking for almost an hour by the time they arrive at
their destination.
3) She have been eating a lot recently.
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