The present progressive tense tells us about an action that started in the past and continues to the present. It refers to an unspecified time between 'before now' and 'now'. The present perfect progressive or the present perfect continuous is the form of the verb that refers to the action that started in the past and continued up until now.
We think the action started in the past and maybe it did not finish at that period of time. So, we are more concerned about the process and the consequence as well. This progress may have finished or it is still going on. When we say perfect we do not mean absolute perfectness but we mean it is finished and done. You can see this example here:
I have been waiting for her all day.
This means I have been waiting for her to come and I am still waiting. It Could be a serious matter or I need to see her for an important cause.
The present perfect progressive shows that something is happening lately or recently. For instance:
The Spanish team has been playing very well.
It means that lately, the team is doing well. I am referring to Barcelona. I like Messy and Nemar. One of the functions of the present perfect progressive tense is the finishing of the action, but we are interested in the result. Such as:
Sarah has been cooking kuskus.
It means she has been doing the cooking since a certain time in the past before now and the kuskus is in front of us on the table which is very hot and delicious. Some verbs have no continuous forms like (want, hear, love, know… etc. ) we can use the simple perfect present tense instead. Examples:
I have wanted to see her.
She has heard everything.
I have hated him since the first day I saw him.
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Thank you, dear Sir Dara, for your kind words. May God bless you and your family!
Ningal ko walary nannee Shoba! I cannot permit anyone or anything to make Shoba tensed. I will fight him or her. I want you to be relaxed, my dear good friend. Thanks, for the lovely and kind words!
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Since tenses always make me tense, I found this post beneficial, dear Sir Dara. Thank you so much for helping us to understand this subject.
Sir Dara, aside from prepositions, this area of grammar (which is very important) dislikes joining my context, haha! This flaw marked since elementary days, I really do believe that having a good foundation in English grammar from the very beginning of learning the language will help me to construct complex grammar structure, I find myself poor and lacking...And now, reading this blog made it easier for me to grasp what the real significance of this part. Thank you, Sir!
Ya hain tumara merhbani Ikram jee! Ap bahut acha admi. I am indeed very glad to know a good man like you who works for a great company like Alfouzan here in Riyadh. I will do my best to assist you and if you need any help, just ask. I or anyone of the members of the club will be ready to help. Thanks, for your nice words!
I am feeling good to join you, hope so it will be most beneficial for me to learn English under your supervision.Thanks again
Thank you very much Sir, I appreciate your work. God bless u and give u more knowledge.(ameen)
Tamuri ya Sewar. Salami liahl Aman attaibeen! Thanks, for your nice comment about the blog!
Wow, thanks for sharing this voluble information with us.
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