PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE

4. PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE
1). Present Perfect Continuous Tense yaitu aktifitas atau kegiatan yang sudah dimulai pada masa lalu dan masih tetap berlansung hingga saat ini. Biasanya tense ini menggunakan kata-kata yang menunjukan waktu seperti: For, Since, All morning, All day, All week.

Misalkan saat ini Mr. Roheli sedang duduk dimeja tulis
Right now Mr. Roheli is sitting at the desk.

1. Mr. Roheli has been sitting here since seven o'clock.

2. I have been sitting here for one hour.

3. Mr. Roheli has been teaching English for two straight hours.

4. It has been raining all day. It is still raining right now.

2). Present Perfect Continuous Tense ini juga digunakan tanpa menyebutkan waktu yang spesifik. Sehingga hanya mengungkapkan sebuah kegiatan atau aktifitas biasa yang sedang berlangsung baru-baru ini (recently), lately. 

Perhatikan contoh kalimat di bawah ini:

a. Mrs. Dini has been thinking about changing her major.

b. All of the students have been studying hard. Final exams start next week.

c. My back hurts, so I have been sleeping on the floor lately. The bed is too soft.

3). Present Perfect Continuous Tense dengan kata kerja tertentu (Kebanyakan khususnya kata live, work, teach), hanya memiliki sedikit atau tidak ada perbedaan dalam hal makna atau arti antara dua tenses (Present Perfect Tense dan Present Perfect Continuous Tense) ketika Since dan For digunakan.

Perhatikan contoh kalimat di bawah ini:

a. Mr. Roheli has lived in Jakarta since 2005

   Mr. Roheli has been living in Jakarta since 2005

b. Mrs. Dini has worked at the same store for ten years.

    Mrs. Dini has been working at the same store for ten years.

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