PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS TESE
Este tempo verbal é utilizado para expressar algum evento ou ação que teve início no passado que ainda está em progresso no presente momento.
A estrutura segue o modelo: pessoa + have/has been + verbo no gerúndio.
I have been trying to find a better job.
She has been calling her boyfriend since this morning.
Pode ser usado no lugar do Present Perfect, desde que a idéia a ser transmitida seja a mesma.
Compare:
Inglês Português (equivalente)
I have been trying to find a better job. => Venho tentando encontrar um emprego melhor.
I have tried to find a better job. => Tenho tentado encontrar um emprego melhor.
Para formar sentenças no Present Perfect Continuous, usamos as seguintes regras:
Afirmativa: have been verbing , has been verbing. => to have + to be Past Participle + verbo principal no gerúndio
I have been doing many activities lately.
She has been losing weight since she stopped eating too many sweets.
We have been working together for many years.
Negativa: Acrescente "not" depois do verbo auxiliar. Has not been verbing, Have not been verbing
I have not been doing this properly.
She has not been talking to us.
Interrogativa: Inverta o sujeito e o verbo auxiliar.
Where have you been going to school?
Have you been doing your work properly?
Atenção para as expressões mais comuns que indicam este tempo verbal: lately, recently, since, for.
