Present Perfect Progressive – Verb Forms

This post will show you how to form the Present Perfect Progressive. To see how to use the Present Perfect Progressive, click here.

With the Present Perfect Progressive, also called the Present Perfect Continuous, there are  are two auxiliary verbs “have” or “has”, and “been” plus the main verb in its  “-ing” form.

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Affirmative Statements

Subject	Have/Has	Been	Verb+ing
I	have	been	studying	all week.
You	have	been	sitting	at the back of the class.
She/He/It	has	been	exercising	at the gym.
We	have	been	trying	to call the doctor
They/You (plural)	have	been	reading	that book too.

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Negative Statements

Subject	Have/Has	Not	Been	Verb-ing
I	have	not	been	studying	very hard.
You	have	not	been	playing	soccer these days.
She/He/It	has	not	been	raining	all day.
We	have	not	been	experiencing	any problems.
They/You (plural)	have	not	been	eating	at home lately.

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Yes/No questions

Have/Has	Subject	Been	Verb-ing
Have	I	been	working	for an hour already?
Have	you	been	waiting	long?
Has	she/he/it	been	getting	enough sleep?
Have	we	been	driving	in the wrong direction?
Have	they/you (plural)	been	lying	to us all this time?

Short Answers

Yes	Subject + Be
Yes,	I am.
Yes,	you are.
Yes,	he/she/it is.
Yes,	we are.
Yes,	they/you (plural) are.

No	Subject + Be + Not
No,	I’m not.
No,	you’re not.
No,	he/she/it isn’t.
No,	we aren’t.
No,	they/you (plural) aren’t.

We do not use contractions with short affirmative answers.

✔ Yes, I am.

✘ Yes, I’m

✔ Yes, you are.

✘ Yes, you’re.

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Information questions

Wh-Word	Have/Has	Subject	Been	Verb-ing
What	have	I	been	waiting	for?
Who	have	you	been	talking	to?
Where	has	she	been	going	after school?
Why	have	we	been	skipping	school?
How	have	they	been	doing?