Tenses are the building blocks of grammar that help us express time in our language. They indicate when an action takes place in the past, present, or future. The present perfect continuous tense, ...

I have been singing all day. She has been reading. Some people have been in government since 1999. The lecturer has been teaching at UNILAG for eight years. He has been sleeping in the other room. The ...

This video breaks down the Present Perfect Continuous tense into the simplest steps possible. You’ll learn how it’s formed, when to use it, and how it sounds in everyday English. Clear examples make ...

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript. Do you have a question you want us to answer? You can send us your questions to learning.english@bbc.co.uk 1. The present perfect simple emphasises ...