Present perfect continuous tense dibentuk dengan auxiliary verb have atau has, beendan present participle (-ing). Have digunakan untuk I, you, dan plural subject seperti: plural pronoun (seperti: they, we), plural noun (seperti: boys, men), dan compound subject dengan kata hubung “and” (seperti: you and I, Tom and Jack); sedangkan has untuk singular subject seperti: third person singular pronoun (seperti: he, she, it) dan singular noun (seperti: Tom, man).
Secara umum present perfect continuous tense hanya terjadi pada aksi berupa dynamic verb, tidak stative verb karena umumnya hanya dynamic verb yang memiliki bentuk continuous.
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Berikut rumus present perfect continuous tense untuk kalimat positif, negatif, dan interogatif.
| Rumus Present Perfect Continuous Tense | Contoh Present Perfect Continuous Tense |
|---|---|
| kalimat positif (+):S + have/has + been + -ing/present participle | She has been driving |
| The toddlers have been sleeping | |
| kalimat negatif (-):S + have/has + not + been + -ing/present participle | She has not been driving |
| The toddlers haven’t been sleeping | |
| kalimat interogatif (?):have/has + S + been + -ing/present participle | Has she been driving |
| Have the toddlers been sleeping |
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