As we have learned from our book, Citizen Z B1: 1. The present perfect continuous is formed with the present tense of have + been + the ing form of the verb. I' ve been reading since breakfast Have you been sitting here all day? 2. To talk about activities which started in the past and are still continuing now. She' s been runnin g for an hour. (=she started running an hour ago, and she is still running) 3. To talk about actions with a result in the present. These actions may or may not be complete. I'm tired because I' ve been working . Jak's feeling ill because he hasn't been eating well. 4. To talk about actions which began in the past and continue to the present, but perhaps we are not doing the action at the time of speaking. We' ve been studying Spanish for six months. (=We started studying six months ago, and we are still studying, but we're not studying at this exact moment.) To sum up, Present ...