Keywords to indicate the presence of Present Perfect Continuous Tense. Keywords to indicate the presence of Present Perfect Continuous Tense : Since - It has been raining heavily since the last night. For - The masons have been building this house for two months. Related Links : All Tenses . Present Tenses 1) Present Tense; 2) Past Tense; 3) Future Tense ; Cont Tenses 4) Present Contin Tense ; 5) Past Continuous ; 6) Future Continuous; Perfect Tenses 7) Present Perfect ; 8) Past Participle ; 9) Future - Perfect ; Perfect Cont Present - Perfect Cont; Past - Perfect Cont; Future - Perfect Cont; Passive Voice . 1) Passive Unit 1 - Exercise 1 - Present simple and continuous. Complete the sentences with the present simple or present continuous form of the verbs in brackets. Use contractions where possible. Present Perfect Continuous Tense Examples – Positive / Affirmative Sentences. She has been accepting my request for two weeks. I have been catching fishes for two hours. Nadia has been adding friends of Facebook for two days. I have been adjusting my gears for one hour. She has been killing my emotion for three years. Simple Past: I saw that movie a year ago. Present Perfect: He has sold his house recently. (it happened recently, but I don’t know exactly when) Simple past: He sold his house last week. More examples of present perfect vs. past simple. We use the present perfect for unfinished time and unspecified time. In this example, the past perfect tense is used to describe a past experience that happened before another past action. The present perfect tense is used to describe a past experience that happened at an unspecified time in the past and has relevance to the present moment. Example 3: Dinner The past continuous, or past progressive, tense describes an action or situation that began in the past and is still going on in the present time. The past continuous is easily formed by pairing up the verb to be’ with a verb ending in -ed’ instead of -ing’ (e.g. was talking). The second section below has some great examples of how to use 10. I have lied. Students tell their partners two true and one false “I have…” sentence, e.g. “I have ridden an elephant” etc. Students ask them questions (to which they can lie in response about the false one) and try to spot which one is false. 11. Make me say yes, make me say no. WVOc.