This document provides information on the present perfect continuous tense in Spanish. It describes activities that began in the past and continue in the present, emphasizing the duration of the process. Examples are provided of affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms of the present perfect continuous tense using common verbs like playing, taking, eating, going, waiting, and talking.

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PRESENTE PERFECTO CONTINUO: Actividades que comenzaron en el pasado y continúan en el presente y
resaltan la duración del proceso.
Monica and her husband have been living in Barcelona for ten years.
Mónica y su esposo llevan viviendo en Barcelona diez años.
Acciones que comenzaron en el pasado y pueden o no haber finalizado recientemente y resaltan la duración
del proceso.
The weather is really bad. It has been raining all night.
El tiempo está realmente malo. Ha estado lloviendo toda la noche.
Acciones del pasado que acaban de concluir y cuyo estado es evidente.
Hmm. Nice smelling!! Have you been cooking your birthday cake?
Hmm. ¡¡Qué lindo aroma!! ¿Has estado cocinando tu torta de cumpleaños?

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AFIRMATIVAS NEGATIVAS INTERROGATIVAS
playing playing playing
HE taking HE taking taking
SHE
eating SHE eating eating
going IT going going
IT waiting waiting waiting
talking talking talking
working working working
washing washing washing
coming coming coming
HAS drinking C. HASN'T drinking C drinking
driving HAS NOT driving . driving
meeting meeting HAS meeting
cooking cooking cooking
watching watching watching
BEEN studying BEEN studying studying
calling calling calling
singing singing HE singing
running running SHE running C ?
laughing laughing laughing
building building
IT building
jumping jumping jumping
taking taking taking
crying crying
BEEN crying
sleeping sleeping sleeping
bathing I bathing bathing
I cutting YOU cutting cutting
YOU looking looking looking
asking
WE asking asking
WE painting C. THEY painting painting
THEY drawing drawing HAVE drawing
coloring coloring coloring
dancing dancing dancing
shopping shopping shopping
saving saving saving
saying HAVEN'T saying
I saying
HAVE C YOU
flying HAVE NOT flying flying
C ?
starting starting . WE starting
counting counting counting
serving serving
THEY serving
BEEN caressing BEEN caressing caressing I have been beating - yo he estado golpeando.
writing writing writing YOU have been beating -- tu has estado golpeando.
reading reading reading WE have been beating -nosotros hemos estado golpeando.
THEY have been beating --ellos han estado golpeando.
listening listening BEEN listening
riding riding riding HE has been beating -- el ha estado golpeando.
breaking breaking breaking SHE has been beating -- ella ha estado golpeando.
biting biting biting IT has been beating -Eso ha estado golpeando.
hurting hurting hurting