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                    Grammar: Present Perfect Continuous.




                Grammar Reference: Present Perfect Continuous.
                     Present Perfect Continuous is used to talk about an action that started
                in the recent past and is still continuing in the present. It is often used with
                ‘for’, ‘since’, and ‘how long’.

                     I have been writing this letter for 3 hours and haven't finished it yet.
                     He  works  in  this  company.  He  has  already  been  working  in  this
                company for 10 years.
                     It has been raining since early morning.
                     How long has it been raining?
                     You have been learning English since childhood.

                     How long have you been learning English?
                     He has been playing chess since he was five.
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