Present Perfect Continuous Tense – Day 4

Negative Sentences (നിഷേധ വാക്യങ്ങൾ)

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 Day 4 ന്റെ ലക്ഷ്യം

• Present Perfect Continuous Tense-ൽ negative sentences ശരിയായി നിർമ്മിക്കുക
• has / have + not + been + verb-ing structure clear ആക്കുക
• Common mistakes ഒഴിവാക്കുക

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 Negative Sentence Structure

Subject + has / have + not + been + Verb + ing

👉 not എപ്പോഴും has / have ന് ശേഷം വരും 👉 Main verb എപ്പോഴും verb + ing form-ൽ ആയിരിക്കണം

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 Simple Negative Examples

• I have not been studying today.
• She has not been feeling well.
• They have not been working this week.
• He has not been sleeping properly.

👉 Action ആരംഭിച്ചിട്ടില്ല അല്ലെങ്കിൽ 👉 തുടർച്ച ഉണ്ടായിട്ടില്ല എന്ന് വ്യക്തമാക്കാൻ negative sentence ഉപയോഗിക്കുന്നു

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 Negative Sentences with for & since

• I have not been studying for two days.
• She has not been attending classes since Monday.
• They have not been practicing for a week.
• He has not been working here since last year.

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 Malayalam Meaning – Easy Understanding

• I have not been reading the book. → ഞാൻ ആ പുസ്തകം വായിച്ചു കൊണ്ടിരിക്കില്ല
• She has not been cooking today. → അവൾ ഇന്ന് പാചകം ചെയ്തു കൊണ്ടിരിക്കില്ല
• They have not been waiting for long. → അവർ ഏറെ സമയം കാത്തു കൊണ്ടിരിക്കില്ല

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 Common Mistakes (Very Important)

• ❌ I have not been read books.
  ✅ I have not been reading books.
• ❌ She has not been work here.
  ✅ She has not been working here.
• ❌ They have not been played cricket.
  ✅ They have not been playing cricket.
• ❌ He has not been sleep well.
  ✅ He has not been sleeping well.

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📝 Practice – Day 4

1. I ___ not been studying properly. (has / have)
2. She has not been ___ (feel) well.
3. They ___ not been working since morning. (has / have)
4. He has not been ___ (practice) English.

(Answers will be discussed at the end of Day 5)

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 Day 4 Key Insight

Negative sentence-ൽ confusion ഉണ്ടാകുന്നത് verb-ing മറക്കുന്നതുകൊണ്ടാണ്.

has / have + not + been + verb-ing ഈ pattern മനസ്സിലാക്കിയാൽ Present Perfect Continuous Tense വളരെ easy ആയി മാറും.

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📘 Present Perfect Continuous Tense – Malayalam Library

Concept learning + sentence corrections explained clearly in Malayalam.

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📗 Concept Learning (Day 1 – Day 7)

• 👉 Day 1 – Basic Concept
• 👉 Day 2 – Structure & Helping Verbs
• 👉 Day 3 – Positive Sentences
• 👉 Day 4 – Negative Sentences
• 👉 Day 5 – Yes / No Questions
• 👉 Day 6 – WH Questions
• 👉 Day 7 – Comparison with Other Tenses

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📝 Sentence Corrections Practice

• 👉 Basic Sentence Corrections
• 👉 Negative Sentence Corrections
• 👉 Yes / No Question Corrections
• 👉 WH Question Corrections
• 👉 Mixed Error Corrections
• 👉 Sentence Transformation Practice

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✔ Step-by-step learning ✔ Clear Malayalam explanation ✔ Strong grammar foundation

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