Perfect continuous tenses
Present Perfect continuous Past Perfect continuous Future Perfect continuous
Formation Have
+ been + v. + ing
Has Had + been + v. + ing Shall
+ have + been + v. + ing
will
Usage للتعبير عن حدث بدأ في الماضي ومازال مستمرا حتى الآن أو انتهى تواً أو يمكن استمراره في المستقبل للتعبير عن الأحداث المستمرة أو المتكررة قبل حدث ماضي انتهى فعلا للتعبير عن حدث مستمر للآن أو سوف يبدأ في الاستمرار بعد قليل وسوف يستمر في المستقبل
Time line
Indicators Since / for + now
So far / till now
All this morning… After - before By / in this time + future
Examples • I have been waiting for you all morning
• He has been reading all afternoon
• It has been raining for two hours and it still hasn’t stopped • I had been working in a shop for years before I got this job
• The boy was delighted with his toy. He had been wanting it for a long time • By the end of the week they will have been living here
• In this time next month we shall have been working in a new school
ملحوظة :
• لا يستخدم المضارع التام المستمر في المبني للمجهول ويستخدم المضارع التام بدلا منه
* She has been cooking Mahshi. – Mahshi has been cooked
• لا يستخدم الماضي التام المستمر في المبني للمجهول ويستخدم الماضي التام بدلا منه
He had been waiting for it a long time - It had been waited for ..
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