Subject + Have - Has + Been + Verb -ing + the rest of the sentence.
The use of the auxiliaries "Have" or "Has" will depend on the subject of the sentence.
If the subject is or equals "He - She - It" we use the auxiliary "Has".
If the subject is or equals "I - You - We - They" we use the auxiliary "Have".
After writing "Have" or "Has" in this verbal tense, the word "Been" is always used followed by the main verb with the "-ing" form at the end of it.
Examples
She has been studying for 3 hours.
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They have been living in New York since 1995.
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Susan has been planning her vacations for a month.
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Subject + Have Not / Has Not + Been + Verb Ing + the rest of the sentence.
The negative structure is the same as the Affirmative form but you add "not" to the auxiliaries "Have" and "Has".
For this reason we write
Have not (Haven't) or Has not (Hasn't).
Examples
They haven't been cleaning the house.
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My parents haven't been travelling around the world.
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Erik has not been studying the whole week.
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Have / Has + Subject + Been + Verb Ing + the rest of the sentence?
In the interrogative form, the auxiliaries "Have - Has" are written before the subject of the sentence.
Examples
Have you been feeling ok lately?
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Has Anne been talking on the phone for an hour?
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Have they been driving since yesterday?
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1 _____ in a tent.
2 Evan _____ recently.
3 She has _____ here since she was a child.
4 Which of the following sentences is grammatically wrong?
5 We can use either "HAVE/HAS" or the short form 'VE/'S.
6 We generally use FOR/SINCE in this tense.
7 The main verb of the sentence is conjugated in Participle.
8 In the negative form, we use isn't - aren't.
9 We write HAVEN'T/HASN'T in the negative form.
10 They _____ working all night long.
11 My doctor _____ studying since she was 20.
12 I _____ hockey for years.
13 Tom _____ reading this book.
14 Have you _____ running lately?
15 Has he been _____ well?
