What are the perfect continuous tenses?
- Present perfect continuous
- Past perfect continuous
- Future perfect continuous
The Present Perfect Continuous Tense
نستخدم هذا الزمن للتعبير عن حدث بدأ في الماضي و ما زال مستمرًا حتى هذه اللحظة
I have eaten a sandwich
+
l’m eating a sandwich
=
I’ve been eating a sandwich since 3:00 / I’ve been eating a sandwich for 30 minutes.
- I’ve been watching TV for two hours.
=
I started watching TV two hours ago and I’m still watching TV.
- I’ve been working for this company since 2015
=
I started working in this company in 2015 and I’m still working in this company.
- How long have you been working in this company?
Have / has + been + (v.ing)
For & Since
For :
يأتي بعدها مدة زمنية
- For two hours.
- For four weeks.
- For a year.
Since :
يأتي بعدها بداية المدة الزمنية
- Since 2015
- Since last week.
- Since last year.
- Since last Monday.
The Past Perfect Continuous Tense
نستخدم هذا الزمن للتعبير الحدث الأقدم بين حدثين في الماضي بدأ و ظل مستمرًا حتى حدوث الحدث الذي يليه في الماضي
The police started searching for the criminal 2 years ago and finally found him.
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The police had been searching for the criminal before they caught him.
- I had been reading for three hours before my brother came.
- How long had you been reading before your brother came?
Had + been + (v.ing)
The Future Perfect Continuous Tense
نستخدم هذا الزمن للتعبير عن حدث سيقع في المستقبل حتى وقوع حدث آخر
Ahmad will go to bed at 10:00
+
His brother will get home at midnight.
+
At midnight Ahmad will be sleeping.
=
By the time Ahmad’s brother gets home, Ahmad will have been sleeping for two hours.
Will have been + (v.ing)
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