Form: present perfect continuous
have / has + been + present participle (verb-ing)
The present perfect continuous (also called the present perfect progressive) is formed with have / has (the present tense forms of have) + been (the past participle form of be) + the present participle -ing form of the verb.
Affirmative
| Subject | Auxiliary | Verb (present participle) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I You We You They |
have | been | working | for two weeks. |
| He/She/It | has | |||
The following contracted forms are often used in spoken and in informal written language:
I have » I've
you have » you've
he/she/it has » he's/she's/it's
we have » we've
you have » you've
they have » they've
Negative
| Subject | Auxiliary 1 | not | Auxiliary 2 | Verb (present participle) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I You We You They |
have | not | been | working | for two weeks. |
| He/She/It | has |
The contracted forms haven't and hasn't are often used instead of have not and has not in spoken and in informal written language.
Interrogative
| (Question word) | Auxiliary 1 | Subject | Auxiliary 2 | Verb (present participle) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Why) | have | I you we you they |
been | working | all week? |
| has | he/she/it |
