Kita menggunakan Present Perfect Continuous (Progressive) untuk menyatakan tindakan-tindakan yang bermula di masa lampau dan terus berlanjut di masa sekarang.
Tensis ini juga digunakan untuk membicarakan tentang tindakan-tindakan
yang bermula di masa lampau dan baru saja telah berakhir.
Kegunaan- Untuk menyatakan tindakan-tindakan yang bermula di masa lampau dan terus berlanjut di masa sekarang
- Untuk menyatakan tindakan-tindakan yang belum lama ini diselesaikan
Science dan for merupakan ekspresi waktu sangat umum yang digunakan bersama dengan Present Perfect Continuous. Kita menggunakan for dengan sebuah periode waktu. Contoh:
- I have been living here for 20 years.
- I have been living here since 1960.
- two months ago
- one year ago
- last week
- yesterday
- when I was five years old
- already
- yet
- before
- never
- recently
- at last
- ever
- just
- lately
Pada kebanyakan kasus, kedua tenses ini dapat digunakan pada konteks yang sama. Contoh:
- I have lived in Los Angeles since 1985.
- I have been living in Los Angeles since 1985.
Untuk menekankan durasi sebuah tindakan, gunakan Present Perfect Continuous
- I’ve been trading cars for 10 years.
- He has just came back from work.
- I have finished my workout.
- I’ve bought a new car.
Contoh sederhana “never” dan “ever” mengindikasikan penggunaan present perfect
- Kimberly has never had an accident.
- Have you ever seen an alien?
- How long have you been staring at this car?
- I have been fishing for 2 hours.
Present Perfect Continuous terdiri dari sebuah subjek, sebuah kata kerja -ing dan dua kata kerja bantu (“been” dan “have”).
Subject + has/have + been + verb+ing
Contoh: - She has been crying in her room for half an hour now
- We‘ve been waiting for a good offer to buy a car since March
- I‘ve been waiting for you to come (but now you’re back!)
- I haven’t been sleeping very well recently
- I haven’t been waiting for 50 minutes
- John hasn’t been using his A drive for a long time
- Have you been running?
- Has Tom been walking the dog?
- How long have you been learning English?
- What have you been doing there?
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