Luyện ngữ pháp - English Grammar for Academic Purposes - Chapter 2: Time Travel)


III. THE PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE

1.0 How to Write the Perfect Continuous Verb Tenses

1.1 Contractions

Contractions can be formed with the Perfect Continuous Tense; however, contractions are not possible in some cases. They are used for speaking or for informal written communication.

Singular Plural
Present
I have been eating → I've been eating
You have been eating → You've been eating
He has been eating → He's been eating
She has been eating → She's been eating
It has been eating → It's been eating		 We have been eating → We've been eating
You have been eating → You've been eating
They have been eating → They'd been eating
Past (not used in writing)
I had been eating → I'd been eating
You had been eating → You'd been eating
He had been eating → He'd been eating
She had been eating → She'd been eating
It had been eating → It'd been eating		 We had been eating → We'd been eating
You had been eating → You'd been eating
They had been eating → They'd been eating
Future (less commonly used in writing)
I will have been eating → I'll have been eating
You will have been eating → You'll have been eating
He will have been eating → He'll have been eating
She will have been eating → She'll have been eating
It will have been eating → It'll have been eating		 We will have been eating → We'll have been eating
You will have been eating → You'll have been eating
They will have been eating → They'll have been eating
- 1. How to Write the Perfect Continuous Verb Tenses - 1.2 Comparison on How to Write the Perfect and Perfect Continuous Tenses


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