4. PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE


Present Perfect Continuous adalah tense yang mengungkapkan tindakan yang telah dimulai di masa lalu dan sekarang masih berlanjut. Tense ini juga digunakan untuk menceritakan kejadian yang dimulai dimasa lalu dan baru saja selesai.

Waktu Penggunaan :
1. tindakan yang telah dimulai dimasa lalu dan masih berlanjut sekarang.
2. tindakan yang baru saja berhenti.
Keterangan waktu yang sangat umum digunakan dalam present perfect continuous tense adalah “for” dan “since”.


Adapun rumus dari present perfect continuous tense adalah sebagai berikut :

Rumus : S + has / have + been + verb-ing

To be yang digunakan pada tense ini adalah has atau have dan diikuti oleh “been”. Lalu verb yang digunakan adalah kata kerja + ing atau verb-ing.
Untuk kalimat negative cukup tambahkan “not” setelah has atau have, kemudian dilanjut been dan objek serta keterangan jika ada.

Contoh :
(+) I have been watching TV for two hours.
(-) I have not been watching TV for two hours.
(?) Have I been watching TV for two hours?

(+) He has been playing football since elementary school.
(-) He has not been playing football since elementary school.
(?) Has He been playing football since elementary school?

(+) Carlina has been learning English for two years.
(-) Carlina has not been learning english for two years.
(?) Has Carlina been learning English for two years?

(+) You have been reading a book for an hour.
(-) You have not been reading a book for an hour.
(?) Have you been reading a book for an hour?

(+) We have been sitting for an hour.
(-) We have not been sitting for an hour.
(?) Have We been sitting for an hour?


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