El Present Perfect Progressive
- El Present Perfect Progressive conecta el pasado y el presente al relacionarse con una acción que se originó en el pasado y continúa hasta ahora o acaba de detenerse.
- Analicemos la siguiente oración: “I have been working for this company for 3 years”. Al usar esta estructura, el hablante desea indicar que tiene experiencia, sabe mucho sobre la empresa o tal vez quiere cambiar de puesto. El empleado comenzó a trabajar para esta empresa en el pasado y aún sigue trabajando allí. (El origen de la acción está en el pasado y continúa hasta el presente).
Usamos el Present Perfect Progressive para hablar de:
- Un proceso o actividad prolongada que acaba de detenerse y tiene un resultado en el presente
- Procesos, actividades o acciones recientes en curso que afectan el presente
- Cuánto tiempo ha estado ocurriendo una actividad desde el pasado hasta el presente
- Adivinar una actividad reciente que ha estado ocurriendo o acaba de detenerse según lo que vemos, oímos, olemos, etc.
| I've been walking on the Blvd. all morning, I'm exhausted. (actividad prolongada con resultado) | She's been working in the garden since 14:00, her back hurts. (actividad prolongada con resultado) |
| He's been working hard on the website, it is looking great. (actividades recientes en curso con efecto) | She's been exercising a lot recently, she's in great shape. (actividades recientes en curso con efecto) |
| I've been working for Bright English for 3 years. (actividad – cuánto tiempo) | He has been speaking to Jack for half an hour now. (actividad – cuánto tiempo) |
| He smells of alcohol and he's walking funny; I think he has been drinking. (adivinar actividad) | It smells of food and there are pots on the stove, somebody has been cooking. (adivinar actividad) |
Estractura del Present Perfect Progressive:
I:
I have been studying at Bright English.
I have not been studying at Bright English.
Have I been studying at Bright English?
We:
Ben and I (we) have been studying at Bright English.
We have not been studying at Bright English.
Have we been studying at Bright English?
You:
You have been studying at Bright English.
You have not been studying at Bright English.
Have you been studying at Bright English?
They:
Ben and Maya (they) have been studying at Bright English.
They have not been studying at Bright English.
Have they been studying at Bright English?
He:
Ben (he) has been studying at Bright English.
He has not been studying at Bright English.
Has he been studying at Bright English?
She:
Maya (she) has been studying at Bright English.
She has not been studying at Bright English.
Has she been studying at Bright English?
It:
It (the computer) has been studying well.
It has not been studying well.
Has it been studying well?
Reglas del Present Perfect Progressive:
- No usamos el Present Perfect Progressive con verbos como understand, own, dis(like), belong, know, que describen estados inalterables. (I have been liking pizza since I was a kid × incorrect)
- Usamos el Present Perfect Progressive para enfatizar que una actividad es continua y repetida, mientras que en el Present Perfect Simple la actividad ocurrió solo una vez o en un número específico de ocasiones.
Expresiones de tiempo comunes en el Present Perfect Progressive
Recently, lately, so far, until now, up until now, up to date, for, since
