tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24230465.post2490040359862863055..comments2023-09-17T03:28:46.095+12:00Comments on The Daily English Show: #1059 ESL Video - How Long ...? Past Perfect Continuous/ProgressiveUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24230465.post-51341776625151875472011-12-21T01:14:51.291+13:002011-12-21T01:14:51.291+13:00We have learnt it with present perfect continous. ...We have learnt it with present perfect continous. Not with past perfect continous.<br /><br />How long has it been raining?<br />It has been raining for two hours.<br /><br />We have learnt that we use present perfect continuos to say how long for an activity that is still happening<br /><br /><br />How long have you been reading that book? (Not had you been...)<br /><br />Lisa is still writing letters. She has writing letters all day.<br /><br />past perfect continous :I was very tired when I got home. I had been working hard all day.<br /><br />compare: present perfect c. James is out of breath. He has been running.<br />Past perfect c. James was out of breath. He had been running.<br /><br /><br />These examples are in the English book named English grammar in Use by Raymond MurphyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com