61422 present perfect simple continuous chart

Time
Words
AFFIRMATIVE
I have tried.

NEGATIVE
I haven’t been there.

QUESTIONS
Have I found?

You have stayed.

You haven’t written.

Have you cut?

He has sent.

He hasn’t answered.

Has he eaten?

She has cut.

She hasn’t spoken.

Has she painted?

It has arrived.

It hasn’t caught.

Has it opened?

We have gone.

We haven’t seen

Have we ridden?

You have caught.

You haven’t played.

Have you
spoken?

Usage:
1. An action that started in the past and just finished.
2. An action that we don’t know when it took place.

ever
never
already
just
yet
for
since
lately
recently

Formation
has or have + 3rd column verb

AFFIRMATIVE

NEGATIVE

QUESTIONS

I have been painting

I haven’t been painting

Have I been painting

You have been reading

You haven’t been reading

Have you been reading?

He has been waiting

He hasn’t been waiting.

Has he been waiting?

She has been learning

She hasn’t been learning

Has she been learning?

It has been sleeping.

It hasn’t been sleeping.

Has it been sleeping?

We have been fixing.

We haven’t been fixing.

Have we been fixing?

You have been trying

You haven’t been trying

Have you been trying?

They have been

They haven’t been

Have they been

Time
Words

all morning
all day
for hours
for ages
for 6 hours
since 2
o’clock

Usage: To show an action that took a

long time in the past, and just stopped.

Formation

has or have + been + base verb+ ing