PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOS

Question 1

Who’s been gossiping?

Answer 1

Quem tem fofocado?

Question 2

‘Verbs without continuous forms

Answer 2

. With verbs not normally used in the continuous form, use the simple present perfect instead (verbs such as: know, hate, hear, understand, want).
I’ve wanted to visit China for years.
She’s known Robert since she was a child.
I’ve hated that music since I first heard it.
I’ve heard a lot about you recently.
We’ve understood everything.

Question 3

Forming the present perfect continuous

Answer 3

Subject +has/have been +base+ing
She has been swimming
Affirmative: She has been / She’s been running.
Negative: She hasn’t been running.
Interrogative : Has she been running?
Interrogative negative: Hasn’t she been running?

Question 4

Present perfect continuous

Answer 4

unspecified time between ‘before now’ and ‘now’.
Actions that started in the past and continue in the present.
She has been waiting for you all day (= and she’s still waiting now).

Actions that have just finished, but we are interested in the results.
She has been cooking since last night (= and the food on the table looks delicious).

Question 5

Have you been playing tennis?

Answer 5

Você tem jogado tênis?

Question 6

You haven’t been listening.

Answer 6

Você não tem escutado.

Question 7

What have you been studying?

Answer 7

O que você tem estudado?

Question 8

I’ve not been coughing.

Answer 8

Eu não tenho tossido.

Question 9

I haven’t been hiding.

Answer 9

Eu não tenho me escondido

Question 10

We’ve been chasing him since this morning

Answer 10

Estamos perseguindo-o desde essa manhã.

Question 11

What’ve you been eating?

Answer 11

O que você tem comido?