Review of Tenses 4
| TENSES | FORMS (Affirmative - A/Negative - N Question - Q) | USE | TIME PHRASES | |
| Perfect continuous | PRESENT | A: I we/you/they have been working. He/she/it has been working. N: I/we/you/they have not (haven’t) been working. He/she/it has not (hasn’t) been working. Q: Have I/we/you/they been working? Has he/she/it been working? | 1-to say how long things have been continuing up to now: I’ve been learning English for six years. It’s been raining all day. 2-to say how we have been filling our time (up to now) -Your hands are dirty. -I’ve been painting the walls. | for, since; How long…? |
| PAST | A: I /we/you/they had been working. He/she/it had been working. N: I/we/you/they had not (hadn’t) been working. He/she/it had not (hadn’t) been working. Q: Had I/we/you/they been working? Had he/she/it been working? | 1-denotes an action which began before a definite moment in the past, continued up to that moment and was still going on at the moment: We could not go out because it had been raining for two hours. 2-denotes an action which was no longer going on at a definite moment in the past, but which had been in progress not long before: The baby’s face was red and wet. He had been crying. | since, for | |
| FUTURE | A: I/we shall/will * have been working. He/she/it will have been working. You/they will have been working. N: I/we shall not (shan’t)* have been working. will not (won’t) He/she/it will not (won’t) have been working. You/they will not (won’t) have been working. Q: Shall/will I/we have been working? Will he/she/it have been working? Will you/they have been working? | 1-denotes an action which will begin before a definite moment in the future, will continue up to the moment and will be going on at that moment: You will have been waiting for more than two hours when her plane finally arrives. In the fall I will have been studying here for 2 years. He will be tired when he arrives. He will have been travelling for 24 hours. | for | |
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