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Welcome to this tutorial.

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Today we're going to talk about the present perfect continuance.

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Let's get started.

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Now we use the present perfect continuous when we talk about an action wide a long one which began in

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the past and has recently or just stopped.

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Now this tense usually emphasizes one wonky duration of the action.

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Two that the action is temporary and three that the action is repeated now have a look at the example

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over here.

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Is it snowing now.

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No it isn't.

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But there is five centimeter of snow outside.

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It has been snowing all night.

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Note that the sentence it has been snowing all night is in the present perfect continuous form and its

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use to talk about an action that has just stopped and also to emphasize on how long it had been snowing.

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Now to form the present perfect continuous.

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We use have or has plus been plus verb i n g.

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Have a look at the examples over here.

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Positive sentence and has been waiting for Sam for over an hour negative sentence and hasn't been reading

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for Sam for over an hour.

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She has been waiting for only 10 minutes question form has n been waiting for Sam for over an hour another

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question How long has n been waiting for Sam.

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Now we can use phrases such as all day all morning for days for ages lately.

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Recently since 4 etc. with the present perfect continuous tense have a look.

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The examples over here.

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My brother has been playing tennis since he was 7.

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I haven't been feeling well recently.

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How long have you been learning English.

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I've been learning it for five years none.

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Continuous verbs for example to love hate no ones etc. are not used in any continuous tenses.

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Make sure to use the present perfect instead.

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Have a look at the examples over here.

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I've been wanting to visit Paris for years.

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Note that this sentence would be incorrect because the first want can not be used in any continuous

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tense the correct form would be I've wanted to visit Paris for years.