Present Perfect Continuous Tense — Day 5

Yes / No Questions (Asking About Ongoing Actions)

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🎯 Goal of Day 5

Today you will learn how to:

• Ask Yes / No questions correctly
• Check whether an action has been continuing till now
• Speak confidently in real conversations

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Question Structure (Golden Formula)

Has / Have + subject + been + verb + ing ?

👉 Helping verb (has / have) always comes first
👉 Main verb always stays in -ing form

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✍️ Basic Yes / No Question Examples

• Have you been studying English seriously?
• Has she been working here for many years?
• Have they been waiting for a long time?
• Has he been practicing daily?

👉 These questions ask about:

• Duration
• Consistency
• Effort till now

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 Short Answers (Very Important)

Positive Answers:

• Yes, I have.
• Yes, she has.
• Yes, they have.

Negative Answers:

• No, I haven’t.
• No, he hasn’t.
• No, we haven’t.

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 Questions with Time Expressions

• Have you been learning English for two years?
• Has she been working here since 2021?
• Have they been waiting since morning?
• Has he been sleeping well these days?

👉 Time words make the question more meaningful.

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 Spoken English – Real-Life Usage

These questions are very common in daily life:

• Have you been feeling okay?
• Has he been avoiding you?
• Have they been facing problems?
• Has she been trying to contact you?

👉 This tense is often used to show concern, curiosity, or checking progress.

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 Common Mistakes (Avoid These)

• ❌ Have you been work here long?
  ✅ Have you been working here long?
• ❌ Has she been worked hard?
  ✅ Has she been working hard?
• ❌ Have they been waiting since two hours?
  ✅ Have they been waiting for two hours?

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 Meaning Difference (Very Important)

• Are you studying?
  👉 Action at this moment
• Have you been studying?
  👉 Action continuing over a period of time

👉 Day 5 key idea: Yes / No questions check continuity, not just action.

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 Practice – Make Questions

1. You have been preparing for exams. → (question)
2. She has been learning English. → (question)
3. They have been working late. → (question)
4. He has been driving for hours. → (question)

(Answers will be discussed at the end of Day 6)

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 Final Thought

Yes / No questions in Present Perfect Continuous help you ask about effort, duration, and consistency.

When you use them correctly, your English sounds natural and confident.

— Shaktimatha Learning

📘 Present Perfect Continuous Tense – English Library

Learn Present Perfect Continuous Tense step by step with clear concepts, examples, and corrections.

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🔹 Concept Learning (Day 1 – Day 7)

Day 1 – Basic Concept
Understand meaning & usage Day 2 – Structure & Helping Verbs
has been / have been Day 3 – Positive Sentences
Affirmative sentence usage Day 4 – Negative Sentences
has not / have not Day 5 – Yes / No Questions
Question formation Day 6 – WH Questions
What, Why, How long… Day 7 – Comparison with Other Tenses
Difference & clarity with examples

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🔹 Sentence Corrections Practice

Corrections – Day 1
Basic sentence errors Corrections – Day 2
Structure mistakes Corrections – Day 3
Positive sentence errors Corrections – Day 4
Negative sentence errors Corrections – Day 5
Yes / No question errors Corrections – Day 6
WH question corrections

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This library helps you move from confusion → clarity → confidence
in Present Perfect Continuous Tense.

— Shaktimatha Learning