Present Perfect Continuous

The Present Perfect Continuous is used to talk about events which started in the past and may still be continuing now - this tense usually has a link to the present time.

This is how we make the Present Perfect Continuous tense:

subject + have / has + been + -ing verb

"He has been waiting for 20 minutes."

It can be used to describe events that are finished and are still in evidence now:

"The road is wet. It must have been raining."
"Have you been crying?"

It can be used to describe an event that started in the past and is still continuing now; it is often used with for / since:

"I have been working here for 6 months."
"She has been learning English since she went to university"

It can be used to talk about a repeating action:

"I have been watching the news every evening."
"Her brother has been calling her a lot recently."

Link: Past Continuous Tense

• It has been ___ for a week.
  
  snow
  snowing
  snowed
  snows
  
  
• They ___ been looking for you.
  
  have
  has
  are
  is
  
  
• She's ___ thinking about changing her job.
  
  has
  been
  have
  was
  
  
• We've been living here ___ 7 months.
  
  to
  since
  last
  for
  
  
• Mike's been fishing ___ dawn.
  
  of
  through
  for
  since