What is the present perfect progressive

If you want to talk about something that happened in the past and how long it took, you have to use the simple present

But there are a few things you need to know before you can use it.

Creating a sentence

  • have/has been
  • -ing attached at the verb ending

Examples:

I have been playing american football for two years.

He has been playing american football fot two years.

They have been playing american football for two years.


Signal words

ever, never, yet, so far, since, for, already, just, today, this week, this year

Examples:

I`m so tired, I haven`t been sleeping all night.

She has been eating her meal for already one hour.