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Present continuous for actions in progress at the time of speaking

The present continuous tense is used to refer to actions that are in progress at or around the time of speaking:

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Present perfect continuous with FOR and SINCE

The question words how long? and since when?, and the prepositions for and since are used with the present perfect continuous tense to express events that started in the past and are still in progress in the present.

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Present perfect with FOR and SINCE

The question words how long? and since when?, and the prepositions for and since are used with the present perfect tense to express that something started in the past and is still true.

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The continuous aspect

present participle

be + present participle (verb-ing)

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The perfect aspect

past participle

have + past participle

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The perfect continuous aspect

have + been + verb-ing

The perfect continuous is not considered as an aspect in itself; it is rather a combination of the perfect and continuous aspects.

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