Present Perfect Continuous — продолжение

Время Present Perfect Continuous может употребляться для выражения повторности, многократности с глаголами, обозначающими действие как акт, т. е. с глаголами предельными: tell, meet, take, bring и др. Значение повторности уточняется соответствующими обстоятельствами:

She has been seeing me any time these two years.

I have been telling you hundreds of times to be more attentive.

We have been meeting this man on our way home every day lately.

Сравните: We have met him lately; I have told her; she has seen me (встретили его, сказала ей, видела меня изолированные действия).

Present Perfect Continuous для выражения эмоций говорящего

Для того чтобы выразить удивление, порицание или негодование предложение произносится с особой взволнованной интонацией, часто используется глагол do в вопросительной форме:

What have you been doing to yourself?

Somebody has been rummaging through my papers, it is so annoying.

Сравните: время Present Perfect

Упражнения на употребление правильных форм

Упражнение 1. Объясните употребление формы Present Perfect Continuous.

1) It is noteworthy that in our country the sales of both food and manufactured goods have been increasing steadily from year to year. 2) For several generations women in eastern countries have been fighting for their rights as citizens. 3) Have you been taking any more pleasant walks lately? 4) What is the matter with my dictionary? It is half torn. Somebody has been using it. 5) I have been using this dictionary ever since I began to study English.

Упражнение 2. Поставьте слова в скобках в нужную по смыслу глагольную временную форму.

1) These days we (have) terrible weather: a cold wind (blow) from the sea, it (rain) most of the time, and today the water in the river (rise) steadily since the morning. 2) Professor X. (carry on) research work in physiology for the greater part of his life; he is a great specialist. . .