Thepresent perfect continuous tense is used to talk about actions and situations that started in the past and have continued up to the present and is still continuing. Consider this sentence. Raju has been working on that project since March. (= Raju started working on that project in March. He is still working on it.) Complete the following Tomhas been working in the garden he came back home. since. 14. That man has been standing at the door some time. for. 15. Ron has been playing computer games his parents went to work. since. Check answers. Negative Subject + will+ not+ have+been + present participle (verb+ing) + since/for (if needed) + object. Interrogaive: Will+ Subject + have + been + present participle Future Perfect Continuous Tense- Since and For Uses. Since - Since is used when the exact point of time is given. For example: . #4. As Hewings remarks: "We use the present perfect continuous to express the idea of an activity (a task, piece of work, etc.) in progress until recently or until the time of speaking". That applies whether or not the statement includes ever since, or even just since, which relates to when the period in question STARTS, not to Translation:-. 1- He has not been eating the food since morning. 2- Her father has not been eating the medicine for two days. 3- I have not been driving for last year. 4- I have not been reading the newspaper for ten minutes. 5- The students have not been making a noise for one hour. PRESENTPERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE • Vaje za samostojno reševanje (PDF), tabela present perfect continuous tense, razlaga s pravili in primeri. 1 Read the following sentences carefully : (i) Birds fly in the air. (ii) My brother flew to England last week. (iii) I shall fly a kite on Sunday. In the first sentence the Verb fly' refers to the Present time, in the sec¬ond sentence the Verb 'flew' refers to the action in the Past, while the Verb in the third sentence 'shall fly Wecan use the present perfect with since and a date, day, time or event. We can form present perfect questions with How long ? We can give a short answer with for or since. 'How long have you known Maya?' 'For six years./Since I was twelve.' 'How long has she lived here?' 'For over 30 years./Since 1988.' Aehaj.