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all day I have been I haven't been Have I been
working. working. working?
action began in the
the whole day
Present past and has just He has been He hasn't been Has he been
Perfect stopped working. working. working?
how long
Progressive have/has +
or how long the action has been + infinitive I have been I haven't been Have I been
since going. going. going?
Present been happening + -ing
Perfect
for
Continuous emphasis: length of He has been He hasn't been Has he been
time of an action
going. going. going?
mostly when two I had worked. I hadn't worked. Had I worked?
actions in a story are
had + past He hadn't Had he
Simple related to each other: He had worked.
participle* worked. worked?
Past already the action which had
Perfect already happened is I had gone. I hadn't gone. Had I gone?
*(infinitive +
or just put into Past Perfect,
-ed) or (3rd
Past the other action into
column of table
Perfect never Simple Past
of irregular
(Simple) He had gone. He hadn't gone. Had he gone?
verbs)
the past of the Present
Perfect
I had been I hadn't been Had I been
working. working. working?
Past Perfect how long He had been He hadn't been Had he been
how long something
Progressive working. working. working?
had been happening had + been +
or since
before something else infinitive + ing I had been I hadn't been Had I been
Past Perfect
happened going. going. going?
Continuous for
He had been He hadn't been Had he been
going. going. going?
predictions about the I'll work. I won't work. Will I work?
future (you think that
sth. will happen) He'll work. He won't work. Will he work?
I'll go. I won't go. Will I go?
you decide to do sth.
spontaneously at the
will - future will + infinitive
time of speaking, you
haven't made a
decision before He'll go. He won't go. Will he go?