tense - Present Perfect and Past Progressive with wait - English Language Learners Stack Exchange Imagine that you're waiting for your friend X and you finally meet him. Is it better to use Past Progressive or Present Perfect here? I've been waiting for you for 5 hours. I was waiting Stack Exchange Network คำจำกัดความของ Present Perfect Continuous Tense. ประโยคปัจจุบันสมบูรณ์แบบต่อเนื่อง Present Perfect Continuous Tense คือกาลที่ใช้อธิบายเหตุการณ์ การกระทำที่เริ่มต้นในอดีตและ I've been waiting here for ages. We form the present perfect simple with have + past participle. I've never been to Africa. For more information on forms of the present perfect (simple), see Present perfect simple: positive. We form the present perfect continuous with have + been + -ing form. It's been raining since ten o'clock this morning. The auxiliary verb (be) is conjugated in the Present Simple: am, are, is The main verb is invariable in present participle form: -ing For negative sentences we insert not between the auxiliary verb and the main verb.. For question sentences, we exchange the subject and the auxiliary verb.. Look at these example sentences with the Present Continuous tense: This advanced tense is called the PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS or PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE. It shows that an action started in the past and continues into the present. In this English grammar class, I'll teach you how to use this verb tense, when to use it, and what mistakes to avoid. ED90Xu.

present perfect continuous tense of wait