Present Perfect Continuous Tense

Pengertian Present Perfect Continuous Tense

Present perfect continuous tense adalah suatu bentuk kata kerja yang digunakan untuk menyatakan aksi yang telah selesai pada suatu titik di masa lalu atau aksi telah dimulai di masa lalu dan terus berlanjut sampai sekarang.

Aksi pada present perfect continuous tensebiasanya berdurasi waktu tertentu dan ada relevansinya dengan kondisi sekarang.

Rumus Present Perfect Continuous Tense

Present perfect continuous tense dibentuk dengan auxiliary verb have atau has, beendan present participle (-ing). Have digunakan untuk I, you, dan plural subject seperti: plural pronoun (seperti: they, we), plural noun (seperti: boys, men), dan compound subject dengan kata hubung “and” (seperti: you and I, Tom and Jack); sedangkan has untuk singular subjectseperti: third person singular pronoun (seperti: he, she, it) dan singular noun (seperti: Tom, man).

Secara umum present perfect continuous tense hanya terjadi pada aksi berupa dynamic verb, tidak stative verb karena umumnya hanya dynamic verb yang memiliki bentuk continuous.

Berikut rumus present perfect continuous tense untuk kalimat positif, negatif, dan interogatif.

Rumus Present Perfect Continuous Tense	Contoh Present Perfect Continuous Tense
kalimat positif (+): S + have/has + been + -ing/present participle	She has been driving
	The toddlers have been sleeping
kalimat negatif (-): S + have/has + not + been + -ing/present participle	She has not been driving
	The toddlers haven’t been sleeping
kalimat interogatif (?): have/has + S + been + -ing/present participle	Has she been driving
	Have the toddlers been sleeping

Contoh lain

Positif :

• He has been killing
• My friends have been disconnecting
• Number one has been driving
• Number three has been cheating
• My enemies have been killing

Negatif:

• He has not been killing
• My friends have not been disconnecting
• Number one has not been driving
• Number three has not been cheating
• My enemies have not been killing

Interogatif:

• Has he been killing?
• Have my friends been disconnecting
• Has number one been driving
• Has number three been cheating
• Have my enemies been killing?