{"id":6083,"date":"2015-07-18T06:50:19","date_gmt":"2015-07-18T05:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english-munich.de\/blog\/?page_id=6083"},"modified":"2015-07-20T15:39:07","modified_gmt":"2015-07-20T14:39:07","slug":"present-perfect-progressive-erklarungen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/english-munich.de\/blog\/en\/present-perfect-progressive-erklarungen\/","title":{"rendered":"present perfect progressive – Erkl\u00e4rungen"},"content":{"rendered":"
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present perfect progressive - formation and practical application<\/h1>\n

The present perfect progressive<\/em> in English is used when an action started in the past and lasts into the present and is still ongoing.<\/p>\n

The present perfect progressive is used also in order to highlight the duration<\/em>, intensity<\/em> or difficulty<\/em> of an action. Typical verbs used in the present perfect progressive<\/em> are : work, wait, drink, rain, study<\/em> etc.<\/p>\n

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The present perfect progressive is used also in order to highlight the duration<\/em>, intensity<\/em> or difficulty<\/em> of an action.<\/p><\/div>\n

formation:<\/h2>\n

The present perfect progressive is formed by help of the auxiliary has\/have<\/em> in connection with the past participle of to be = been<\/em> and the gerund<\/em> of the main verb.<\/p>\n

affirmative sentence:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t
I\/you\/we\/you\/they<\/td>have been
\n've been<\/td>		playing.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
he\/she\/it<\/td>has been
\n's been<\/td>		playing.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

negation:<\/h2>\n

When negating the present perfect progressive you simply add not<\/em> to the auxiliary have\/has<\/em>. The short forms are accordingly hasn't\/haven't<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t
I\/you\/we\/you\/they<\/td>haven't been
\nhave not been<\/td>		playing.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
he\/she\/it<\/td>hasn't been
\nhas not been<\/td>		playing.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

question:<\/h2>\n

The question shifts the auxiliary to the front of the sentence: (inversion)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t
Have<\/td>I\/you\/we\/they<\/td>been playing?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Has<\/td>he\/she\/it<\/td>been playing?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

\u00dcbungen present perfect progressive<\/h2>\n