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Published: 15.12.2010.
Language: Latvian
Level: Secondary school
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Extract

The present perfect of the verb 'to be' (have/has been) + the present participle of the main verb.
Example:
Subject has/have been  verb+ing.
You have been working. 

The present perfect continuous we use :
for an action over a period of time leading up to the present. We are interested in the action as well as the result, and this process may still be going on, or may have just finished.…

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