Present perfect continuous
You look tired! What have you been doing? This question uses the present perfect continuous, the verb form we use to talk about an activity that's recently stopped or just stopped and that has a connection with now.

In the programme we challenge Gloria from Brazil to come up with good explanations for what she has been doing in different situations.







Positive form

Subject	to have	been	present participle
I You We They	have 've	been	painting the kitchen. playing tennis. watching TV.
He She It	has 's

Negative form

Subject	to have	been	present participle
I You We They	have not haven't	been	smoking. playing tennis. working hard.
He She It	has not hasn't

Question form

Question word	to have	subject	been	present participle
What	have	I you we they	been	doing? eating? waiting for?
	has	he she it

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