4. Present Perfect Continuous

Tvorba:

Tvori se s pomožnim glagolom HAVE (oz. HAS pri he/she/it) + (NOT) + BEEN + glagol s končnico –ing.

Trdilna oblika:

I
have been
've been
reading for two hours.
painting the walls since 5 o'clock.
learning English for 2 years.
You
We
They
He
has been
's been
She
It

Nikalna oblika:

I
haven't been
(have not) been
smoking since 1998 .
using drugs for years.
You
We
They
He
hasn't been
(has not) been
She
It

Vprašalna oblika:

Have
I
been bleading?
reading the book?
stopped raining?
you
we
they
Has
he
she
it

Raba:

1. dejanja, ki so se začela v preteklosti in se še vedno dogajajo (še vedno aktualno); govorec poudari trajanje:

I’ve been listening to The Beatles CD’s for an hour.
(v tem primeru pomeni preteklost: pred 1 uro, poslušanje pa še vedno poteka)

2. izražanje ponavljajočih se dejanj v nekem časovnem obdobju:

How have you been spending your money? (Kako kaj trošiš denar (zadnje čase)?)

3. takrat, kadar hočemo vedeti, kaj je nekdo počel ves čas, vse do takrat, dokler ne postavimo vprašanja, npr:

What have you been doing? – I’ve been painting the door.

Razlika je seveda, če vprašamo v Present Perfectu: What have you done?, kjer sprašujemo po rezultatu nečesa, kar smo že naredili. Razlika je očitna.

Primerjava med Present Perfect Simple in Present Perfect Continuous:

What have you done? (Kaj si storil/naredil?) – I’ve opened the door. (Odprl sem vrata.)

What have you been doing? (Kaj počneš/delaš ves čas?) – I’ve been reading. (Berem.)

Na vrh.