Present Perfect Continuous Tense

When to Use The Present Perfect Continuous Tense

Past action recently-stopped

  • I’m tired because I’ve been running.

Past action continuing now

  • I have been reading for 2 hours.

For and Since with Present Perfect Continuous tense

We use for to talk about a period of time: three hours, two months, one decade

  • I have been reading for 2 hours. (I am still reading now.)

We use since to talk about a point in past time: 9 o’clock, 1st January, Monday

  • We’ve been studying since 9 o’clock. (We’re still studying now.)

Present Perfect Continuous Games