Present Perfect Continuous Tense Class 5 English Grammar

Present Perfect Continuous Tense Class 5 English Grammar has been prepared for learning English Grammar of Class 5 under CBSE, ICSE, and Other State boards as Lesson No 15. Class 5 students in their English Grammar learning process will get help from the Present Perfect Continuous Tense Class 5 English Grammar to achieve better speaking and writing skills in English.

This Lesson 15, Present Perfect Continuous Tense Class 5 English Grammar contains – What Present Perfect Continuous Tense is? and Present Perfect Continuous Tense Formula, Uses, with a practice worksheet at the end for better knowledge for class 5.

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Example: Present Perfect Continuous Tense Class 5 English Grammar

Example:

• She has been skipping for two hours.
• Virat has been lifting weights.
• He has been running around the stadium for half an hour.
• It has been raining since morning.

All the above-highlighted words refer to actions that started sometime in the past and are still continuing or have just finished.

When the verbs of the sentences are used to express an action that began in the past, is in progress at the time of speaking, and will continue for some time in the future or has just ended, they are in the Present Perfect Continuous Tense.

Formula: Present Perfect Continuous Tense Class 5 English Grammar

Present Perfect Continuous Tense Structure with Positive, Negative, Interrogative, and Negative-interrogative sentences has been discussed in the following.

Present Perfect Continuous (Positive)

Chart – 1

Present Perfect Continuous (Negative)

Chart – 2

Present Perfect Continuous (Interrogative)

Chart – 3

Wh-Word Question

Example:

• Where have you been staying?
• Why has the baby been crying?
• How long has she been doing the work? 
• What have they been watching for an hour?

Questions for information are made with the ‘Wh-word’. who, which, what, why, whose, whom, how are called ‘Wh-word’.

Present Perfect Continuous (Negative-Interrogative)

Chart – 4

In the Negative-Interrogative sentence ‘not’ is placed before the subject noun and after the subject pronoun.

Example:

• Has not Ravi been playing football? (Before subject noun)
• Has he not been playing football? (After subject pronoun)

Uses: Present Perfect Continuous Tense Class 5 English Grammar

Present perfect continuous tense is used

1. to express an action that has started in the past and is still continuing.

Example:

• Virat Kholi has been batting for two hours.
• He has been working since morning.

2. For is used to denote the period of time i.e. duration or span of time.

Example:

• The old man has been suffering for two days.
• He has been reading for three hours.

3. Since is used to denote a point of time i.e beginning of a certain time but has no end.

Example:

• He has been reading since 7 o’clock in the morning.
• Rohit Sharma has been batting since lunch.

Worksheet Exercises

Exercise – 1

A. Fill in the blanks with the Present Perfect Continuous Tense form of the verb given below:

(i) He _________  from fever for a week.

(ii) It  _________ for some days.

(iii) Mr. Das _________ since morning.

(iv) They _________ in this place for many years.

(v) You _________ the house for two

(vi) The ship _________ in the sea.

(vii) The driver _________ in the morning for half an hour.

(viii) The mason _________ years.

(ix) The weaver_________  the saree for the last two months.

(x) I _________ in this school from my childhood.

[List of verbs: weave, sink, read, build, drive, walk, live, dig, suffer, rain.]

Exercise – 2

B. Some names have been mentioned, and they have been doing something. Action words have been given in brackets. Write what they have been doing using the present perfect continuous tense. One is done for you.

1.Mr Prasad has been watching a movie. ( Watch, movie)

2.Mrs Prasad ______________________ (Cook porridge)

3. Nikita  ______________________ ( Help mother)

4. Dhruv  ______________________ (read book)

5. Anshu  ______________________ (do office work)

6. Manas  ______________________ (listen to music)

7. Manu  ______________________ (write novel)

8. Bhanu  ______________________ (learn lesson)

Exercise – 3

C. Complete the following sentences using ‘since/for’ with the present perfect continuous tense. One example has been given to help you.

1. (Preparing – one month)

Example:  She has been preparing for her exams for one month.

2. (shopping – three hours)

He has been shopping ______________________ .

3. (brushing teeth – two minutes)

He has been brushing his teeth ______________________ .

4. (Preparing soup – evening)

He has been preparing soup ______________________ .

5. (Cleaning room – 10 o’clock)

She has been her clearing room ______________________ .

6. (washing dishes – 12 o’clock)

She has bun washing dishes ______________________ .

7. (taking bath – two hours)

She has been taking bath ______________________ .

8. (writing – morning)

“He has been writing ______________________ .

Exercise – 4

D. Complete the sentence with the present perfect continuous tense of the verbs given in the bracket :

[1] The child _________ (play) for hours.

[2] He  _________ (live) in England since 2000.

[3] She  _________ (work) here for 45 years.

[4] He  _________ (walk) since 6 o’clock.

[5] What you  _________ (do) lately?

[6] How long the house  _________ (burn)?

[7] The river  _________ (flow) for years.

[8] Has she  _________ (sleep) all the evening?

[9] They  _________ (run) in the field from 5 a.m.

[10] The baby  _________ (lie) on the floor for hours.

[11] _______they _________ (spend) money for you?

[12] _________ you  _________ (wait) here for a long time.

[13] The girl  _________ (read) the letter all noon.

[14] How long  _________ he  _________ (wait) for me?

[15] She  _________ (talk) for an hour.

[16] It  _________ (rain) all day.

[17] What  _________ you  _________ (do) since morning?

[18] Boys  _________ (swim) all afternoon.

[19] She  _________ (learn) English for four years.

[20] We  _________ (stand) here for ages.

Class 5 English Grammar: All Topics & Chapters????:

Chapter 1. Parts of speech

Chapter 2. The sentence and Types

Chapter 3.  Subject and Predicate

Chapter 4. Nouns and their Types

Chapter 5. Noun and Number

Chapter 6. Noun and Gender

Chapter 7. Articles

Chapter 8. Pronouns and their Classifications

Chapter 9. Verbs and Types of Verbs  

Chapter 10. Regular Verbs Irregular Verbs List 

Chapter 11. Subject and Verb  Agreement 

Chapter 12. Simple Present Tense 

Chapter 13. Present Continuous Tense 

Chapter 14. Present Perfect Tense 

Chapter 15. Present Perfect Continuous Tense 

Chapter 16. Simple Past Tense 

Chapter 17. Past Continuous Tense 

Chapter 18. Past Perfect Tense 

Chapter 19. Past Perfect Continuous Tense 

Chapter 20. Simple Future Tense 

Chapter 21. Future Continuous Tense 

Chapter 22. Future Perfect Tense 

Chapter 23. Future Perfect Continuous Tense 

Chapter 24. Tense Exercises 

Chapter 25. Modal Verbs 

Chapter 26. Adjectives and their Types 

Chapter 27. Degree of Adjectives 

Chapter 28. Adverbs and Comparison 

Chapter 29. Prepositions and their Uses 

Chapter 30. Conjunctions 

Chapter 31. Direct and Indirect Speech 

Chapter 32. Transformation of Sentences 

Chapter 33. Punctuation