Настоящее совершенно-длительное время

(The Present Perfect Continuous Tense)

Образуется с помощью вспомогательного глагола to be в Present Perfect (have been / has been) и Present Participle основного глагола.

Утвердительная форма	Вопросительная форма	Отрицательная форма
I (you) have been asking, writing.	Have I (you) been asking, writing?	I (you) have not been asking, writing.
He (she, it) has been asking, writing.	Has he (she, it) been asking, writing?	He (she, it) has not been asking, writing.
We (you, they) have been asking, writing.	Have we (you, they) been asking, writing?	We (you, they) have not (haven't) been asking, writing.

Present Perfect Continuous употребляется для выражения действия, которое началось в прошлом, продолжается в момент речи и, возможно, будет продолжаться далее.

Глаголы в Present Perfect Continuous на русский язык переводятся глаголами настоящего времени. В предложениях с глаголами в Present Perfect Continuous обычно употребляются следующие обстоятельственные слова и выражения:

1. for an hour (for month, for a year, etc.) в течение часа, месяца, недели (уже час, месяц, неделю); for a long time давно; lately, of late (в) последнее время.

We have been waiting here for a long time. – Мы давно уже ждем здесь.

My friend has been studying English for two years. – Мой друг уже два года изучает английский.

I have been working very hard of late (lately). – Последнее время я работаю очень напряженно.

2. since с тех пор; ever since с тех самых пор.

He bought his car in 1990 and has been driving it (ever) since. – Он купил машину в 1990 году и ездит на ней с тех (самых) пор.

3. в вопросительных предложениях: How long? Since when? Сколько времени? С каких пор?

How long have you been studying English? – Как долго (сколько времени) вы изучаете английский?

Since when have you been waiting for them? – С какого времени вы их ждете?

Exercises

Put the verb in brackets into Present Perfect Continuous.

1. I (work) on this problem for two months. 2. She (sleep) all this time? 3. You (talk) this nonsense all day long. 4. Any news about your latest project? - I just (tell) about it. 5. He says he (not / feel) well for the past week. 6. You are red all over. How long you (lie) in the sun today? 7. I (try) to get you all day, George! 8. I (not / sleep) well for months. 9. We (see) each other regularly since the party at Helen's. 10. Jack isn't working now. - He (not / work) for years.

Translate into English.

1. Ты давно меня ждешь? 2. Вы опять дрались? 3. Как давно у вас болит нога? 4. Он занимается уже три часа. 5. Я учу испанский с сентября. 6. Анна ищет работу шесть месяцев. 7. Мой брат курит десять лет. 8. Они работают в Манчестере с 1 марта. 9. Какой глубокий снег! Сколько времени шел снег? 10. У тебя глаза красные. Ты плакала? 11. Сколько времени ты занимаешься игрой в шахматы? 12. Как давно вы живете в этом городе?

Use Present Continuous or Present Perfect Continuous.

1. He had barely entered the room when his secretary said: "Somebody (ring) for you for the last five minutes". 2. I (read) Shakespeare in your absence and now I (try) to learn this beautiful sonnet. 3. What the children (do)? - They (play) games all morning and now they (learn) to tell time by the position of the sun. 4. Our friends (leave). - How long they (stay) with you? 5. What you (think) about? - I (not / think), I (count) the birds in the sky. 6. Where's my daughter? - She (talk) to a policeman. - What's happened? - She (drive) without a license. 7. What you (do) to yourself since I've been away? 8. Florence, dear, I (look) for you everywhere. - What's happened? - Mr Cusak (wait) for you in the house.