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Hello and welcome to six minute grammar with me, Neil and me, Catherine.
Today we're talking about the present perfect continuous tense.
That's right.
And we will remind you when to use it and how to form it.
We'll also look at using it with the words just and already and other adverbs.
And we'll finish with a quiz.
So let's kick things off with an example of the present perfect continuous read for us by Finn.
I've been reading that book you lent me last weekend.
It's great.
Thank you, Finn.
So I've been reading is an action that started in the past and is continuing in the present.
Finn is still reading that book.
Here's another example.
It's been raining since 09:00 this morning.
It has.
It started raining in the morning, continued raining, and it's still raining now.
We can also use the present perfect continuous for actions that have recently finished.