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Simple Played (verb+ed) Plays (verb+s) will/shall play
(will/shall+verb)

Perfect had played has/have played will/shall have
(had+pastparticiple) (has/have+past played(will/shall+past
participle) participle)

Continuous was/were playing is/am/are playing will/shall be playing

(was/were+verb+ing) (is/am/are+verb+ing) (will/shall
be+verb+ing)

Perfect had been playing (had has/have been will/shall have been
Continuous been+verb+ing) playing(has/have playing(will/shall
been+verb+ing) have been+verb+ing)

Present Perfect Continuous Forms

The present perfect continuous is formed using has/have + been + present participle. Questions
are indicated by inverting the subject and has/have. Negatives are made with not.

 Statement: You have been waiting here for two hours.
 Question: Have you been waiting here for two hours?
 Negative: You have not been waiting here for two hours.

Present Perfect Continuous Uses

USE 1 Duration from the Past Until Now

We use the present perfect continuous to show that something started in the past and has
continued up until now. "For five minutes," "for two weeks," and "since Tuesday" are all
durations which can be used with the present perfect continuous.

Examples: