Useof 'For' and 'Since' in Present Perfect Continuous Tense (i) 'Since' is used when the 'point of time' is given and from that point of time the action starts. Examples: (a) Abhay has been reading a novel since morning/since 9 o'clock in the morning. (b) Ms Aditi has been teaching History since 2003.
UsePresent Continuous (is/am/are + V1 + ing) for (i) an action in progress at the present time. (ii) temporary state (iii) definite arrangements for future (iv) speaker's disapproval of an oft-repeated action. Use Present Perfect (has/have + V3) for (i) an action just completed (ii) an action/experience of past having bearing on present.
Presentperfect continuous tense indicates an action that is started in the past and continues. For example: The farmer has been working in the field since morning. The teacher has been taking the class for one hour. I have been reading this book since morning. We have been arranging a program for three months.
A Fill in the blanks with the present perfect tense of the verbs given in brackets along with the adverbs (where given). for and since We often confuse the use of these two words. We use for when we talk about a duration of time (five minutes, three years, etc.) and we use since to show a point of time in the past when something started (8
Thepoint is that using present perfect continuous in a sentence already shows that it is still taking place. and i learnt that we need to use 'ago' with few years, 10 years, etc to make it have a start and end but for present perfect continuous it has already an end ( still taking place) so that means we don't need to put 'ago' in the end?
Inthe present perfect continuous tense, the verb will end in "ing" indicating an activity that had been occurring consistently for a significant period of time. She has been finding the dress since morning; The Verb Tenses. Using the present tense correctly requires the verb tense to be used in its correct format consistently. Verbs
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use of since in present perfect continuous tense