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Mastering Perfect Progressive Tenses

The document describes the formation and use of the present perfect progressive and past perfect progressive verb tenses in English. For the present perfect progressive, the formation uses "have/has been" plus the verb plus "-ing". For the past perfect progressive, the formation uses "had been" plus the verb plus "-ing". Examples are provided for positive and negative sentences as well as questions in both tenses.

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Mastering Perfect Progressive Tenses

The document describes the formation and use of the present perfect progressive and past perfect progressive verb tenses in English. For the present perfect progressive, the formation uses "have/has been" plus the verb plus "-ing". For the past perfect progressive, the formation uses "had been" plus the verb plus "-ing". Examples are provided for positive and negative sentences as well as questions in both tenses.

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Present Perfect Progressive

Positive Sentences:
Form:
Subject + auxiliary verb (to have) + been + verb (+ ing) + complement.
Negative Sentences:
Form:
Subject + auxiliary verb (to have) + not + been + verb (+ ing) + complement.
Questions:
Form:
Auxiliary verb (to have) + subject + been + verb (+ ing) + complement + ?
Auxiliary verb:
I, You, We, They: have
He, She, It: has
Examples:
Albert has been playing soccer.
We have been waiting in the park.
You have been singing a song.
I have been reading a magazine.
It has been raining all day.
We have not been walking in the mountains.
Jose has not been teaching in Boston.
Ricky has not been washing the car.
She has not been writing a poem.
We have not been drinking tea.
Has she been talking on the phone?
Have they been playing basketball?
Has Susana been exercising in the gym?
Has Robert been painting the room?
Have they been swimming in the lake?



Past Perfect Progressive
Positive Sentences:
Form:
Subject + had + been + verb (+ ing) + complement.
Negative Sentences:
Form:
Subject + had + not + been + verb (+ ing) + complement.
Questions:
Form:
Had + subject + been + verb (+ ing) + complement + ?
Auxiliary verb:
I, You, He, She, It, We, They: had
Examples:
You had been carrying a box.
Maria had been dancing.
You had been working in the garden.
He had been repairing the car.
They had been swimming in the lake.
We had not been climbing a mountain.
He had not been washing the car.
Cristina had not been decorating her home.
She had not been teaching in London.
Boris had not been learning English.
Had Julio been playing golf?
Had you been playing cards?
Had we been walking in the square?
Had we been waiting in the beach?
Had Diego been learning piano?

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