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175 TENSES IN ENGLISH

THE PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE

Bu tense‟in Türkçe‟de karşılığı yoktur. Yapısını inceleyip kullanımını gördükten sonra bu
tense‟in neyi ifade ettiğini kolaylıkla anlayacaksınız:

 YAPI

Affirmative Negative Interrogative
(Olumlu) (Olumsuz) (Soru)
I have been walking. I have not been walking. Have I been walking?
You have been walking You have not been walking. Have you been walking?
He has been walking. He has not been walking. Has he been walking?
She has been walking She has not been walking. Has she been walking?
It has been walking. It has not been walking. Has it been walking?
We have been walking. We have not been walking. Have we been walking?
They have been walking. They have not been walking. Have they been walking?
Negative interrogative: Have you not been walking? veya
(Olumsuz soru) Haven‟t you been walking? gibi.

Üstteki tabloda görüldüğü gibi;

Affirmative (Olumlu) cümlelerde I, you, we, they öznelerinden sonra have been + V(ing), he,
she, it öznelerinden sonra ise has been +V(ing) getirilir:

It has been raining for two days.
They have been sitting in the sun all day long.
We have been living in Çanakkale for two years.

Negative (Olumsuz) cümlelerde „have/has ‟den sonra not ondan sonra been +V(ing)
getirilir:

We haven’t been swimming all day.
I haven’t been waiting for him since morning.

Interrogative (Soru) cümlelerinde ise sadece have/has cümle başına getirilir. Yani;
Have/has + özne + been + V(ing)? şeklindedir. Soru sözcüğü olarak da genellikle how long
kullanılır. Bu tür sorularda zaman belirtirken for ve since kullanılır:

How long have you been working in this company?
-I have been working in this company for eight years.

How long have they been living in Japan?
-They have been living in Japan since 1970.

How long has he been sitting here?
-He has been sitting here for five hours.