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How to Use Present Perfect Continuous
This tense is less common than the previous three and has a more specific ap-
plication.
1. For describing an ongoing activity and the
length of time that it has
continued.
I’ve been learning Spanish for six months.
We’ve been dating for two years.
They’ve been caring for that sick dog since last Monday.
2. It is used with the present simple to explain the current situation.
I’m tired because I’ve been looking after the baby all day.
She’s hungry because she’s been dieting recently.
We’re broke because we’ve been spending too much money.
Present Tenses
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Past Tenses
Introduction
In
the previous chapter, we briefly looked at what tenses are and then explored
the present tenses of the English language. In this chapter, we will look into the
past tenses.
As
with the present, there are four aspects to the past tense in English, and each
can
be divided into positive, negative, and question forms. They look like this:
Dostları ilə paylaş: 
