Present Perfect Continuous Tense

Rumus:

subject

+

have / has

+

been

+

K.Kerja + ing

Perhatikan contoh-contoh kalimat berikut:

	subject	auxiliary verb		auxiliary verb	main verb
+	I	have		been	waiting	for one hour.
+	You	have		been	talking	too much.
-	It	has	not	been	raining.
-	We	have	not	been	playing	football.
?	Have	you		been	seeing	her?
?	Have	they		been	doing	their homework?

Kita menggunakan Tense ini untuk menjelaskan:

• Satu kejadian/kegiatan yang baru saja berlangsung
• Satu perbuatan yang berlangsung hingga sekarang (pada saat bicara masih terjadi)

Perhatikan contoh kalimat berikut:

• I am tired because I have been running (baru saja terjadi)
• I have been reading for 2 hours (Sekarang masih membaca buku)

Perhatikan perbedaan antara Present Perfect Tense dan Present Perfect Continuous Tense berikut:

• Bob has watched TV for an hour(sekarang Bob tidak lagi menonton TV lagi)
• Henry has been watching TV for an hour (sekarang Henry masih menonton TV)