TENSES (PART 5)

 

TENSES

(PART 5)

Present Perfect Continuous Tense:

i)                An action that started in the past and are still going on in the present.

ii)              More importance is given to duration of the event.

iii)             Structure: Subject + have been + Verb+ing + Object.

iv)             Example: I have been playing football since years.

(Explanation: Here, more importance is given to an event, not time.)

Past Perfect Continuous Tense:

i)                An action which began in the past at a certain time and still going on until some another action occurred.

ii)              More importance is given to the duration of the event.

iii)             Structure: Subject + had been + Verb+ing + Object.

iv)             Example: I had been playing football for one hour before you arrived.

(Explanation: Here, “for one hour” is referring to the start of the event.)

Future Perfect Continuous Tense:

i)                An action which will began and still going until a point in future.

ii)              More importance is given to the duration of the event.

iii)             Structure: Subject + Will have been +Verb+ing + Object.

iv)             Example: When I turn thirty, I will have been playing football for twenty years.

(Explanation: An event of playing will continue until an another of my turning to thirty year comes.)

AUTHOR

Dr L Suresh

Assistant Professor of English

Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science

Coimbatore - 641020

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