7.3.4 Совершенные продолженные времена / The Perfect Continuous Tenses

Процесс не завершен. Действие длилось какое-то время в прошлом и продолжается в момент речи:

Процесс завершен. Действие только что закончилось. Есть видимое свидетельство того, что действие или процесс имели место:

• Nick has been writing his exercises for 2 hours already. (Ник пишет.)

• Olga has been painting her "Autumn Land-scape" since 2 o'clock (Ольга рисует.)

• Mother is in the kitchen. She has been cooking all morning. (Мама готовит.)

• Nick's hands are in ink. He has been writing. (Ник писал.)

• There is paint on Olga's dress. She has been painting. (Ольга рисовала.)

• Mother looks tired. She has been cooking all morning. (Мама готовила.)

The Past Perfect Continuous Tense

for some time, for an hour, since 3 o'clock, when he came

+/-

I, we, you, they

had / hadn't

been + Ving

he, she, it

The class had been discussing the article for some time when Henry came in. Класс обсуждал статью некотрое время, когда вошел Генри.

John said he had been phoning his mother every evening for a month. - Джон сказал, что он звонил своей маме каждый вечер в течение месяца.

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had

I, we, you, they he, she, it

been + Ving

For how long had the children been playing on the computer when Father arrived? - Как долго дети играли на компьютере, когда прибыл отец?

The Future Perfect Continuous Tense

for 5 years, next year, by this time, next week, by the end of the year

+/-

I, we

shall, will/shan't, won't -havebeen + Ving

you, they, he, she, it

will/won't -have been + Ving

We will have been flying non-stop for four hours before we get to Rome.

Мы будем лететь без перерыва в течение 4 часов, прежде чем доберемся до Рима.

have /has been had been will have been

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