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Read the following examples:

1. Rahul has been doing his homework.
2. He has been sleeping for two hours.

G denote an action that has just finished or that finished only a short while ago.

Read the following example:
Ritu has been waiting for her parents.

We will now study the forms of Past Perfect Continuous Tense.

G had been + -ing form of the verb + ......
Read the following examples:

Positive: 1. I had been singing .
2. She had been dancing .

Negative: 1. I had not been singing .
2. She had not been dancing .
Interrogative: 1. Had you been singing ?

2. Had she been dancing ?

Past Perfect Continuous Tense is used to –

G denote an action which began before a certain time in the past and was still in
progress at that time or had very recently finished.
Read the following example:

I was very tired when I came home because I had been swimming in the pool
for half an hour.

We will now learn the usage of since and for .

G We use since when we have to put emphasis on the point of time at which an action
started.
Read the following examples:

1. She has been sleeping since 11 O’clock.
2. I have been walking since 5 p.m.

G We use for when we wish to emphasise on the period for which an action has been
going on.
Read the following examples:

1. They have been studying for two hours.
2. Last year, I traveled for three weeks.

Since and for are used with Perfect Continuous Tenses.

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