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Exercises with answers:

Present perfect continuous exercises (all forms)

• Complete sentences with words in brackets. Practise positive, negative and question forms.

Present perfect continuous exercises (multiple choice)

• Choose correct answers in the multiple choice quiz.

Free PDF worksheets to download:

Present perfect continuous PDF exercise 1 (affirmative)

What have Tim and his school friends been doing since they got up?
Tim has been decorating his bedroom.

Present perfect continuous PDF exercise 2 (respond)

Respond to situations:
Why are you so tired? - Because I have been replacing the wheels on my car.

Present perfect continuous PDF exercise 3 (multiple choice)

A multiple choice test:
Somebody has been drinking my coke. ___ (The glass is nearly empty. | The glass is empty.)

Present perfect continuous PDF exercise 4 (questions)

Make present perfect continuous questions:
How long have you been waiting for me?

Present perfect continuous PDF exercise 5 (negative)

Complete the dialogues with positive and negative forms.

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The present perfect continuous is formed with the present simple form of the verb to have (have, has), the past participle of the verb to be (been) and the present participle (playing, doing).

Positive statement: I have been cooking, He has been cooking
Negative statement: I have not been writing (I haven't been writing), He has not been writing
Question: Have you been playing?
Negative question: Have you not been buying? (Haven't you been buying?)

Use of the present perfect continuous:

1. We use the present perfect continuous for events that began at a point of time, are continuing now and will probably continue in the future.
I have been playing tennis since I was 6 years old.
She has been working here for 15 years.

2. We use it for actions that began in the past and have only just finished.
I've been skiing all day. I'm so tired.
Hello! We've been waiting for you since 5 o'clock.