El present perfect progressive o present perfect continuous (pretérito perfecto continuo) sirve para expresar que una acción llega hasta el presente, o casi, y sigue teniendo repercusiones en el presente. Este tiempo recalca la duración de la acción.
Aaron has been repairing cars since he was sixteen years old. He has always wanted to be a mechanic.
He has been working in this garage for ten years.
As Aaron has been changing tyres all morning, his clothes are dirty now.
Se utiliza el verbo auxiliar have, el participio de be (been)y el verbo principal en gerundio.
| afirmativa | negativa | interrogativa | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I/you/we/they | I have been speaking | I have not been speaking | Have I been speaking? |
| he/she/it | he has been speaking | he has not been speaking | Has he been speaking? |
En el inglés, y principalmente en la lengua hablada, se unen los pronombres a ciertos verbos, otorgándoles un matiz más natural.
| Forma completa | Forma abreviada | Ejemplo |
|---|---|---|
| have | …’ve | they’ve |
| have not | …’ve not/… haven’t | I’ve not/I haven’t |
| has | …’s | she’s |
| has not | …’s not/… hasn’t | he’s not/he hasn’t |
La forma abreviada de have se utiliza normalmente solo junto a los pronombres.
Sin embargo la forma abreviada de has se puede utiliziar tras ciertas palabras, excepto si terminan en s.
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