54 Present perfect progressive FORMA FORMA AFFERMATIVA FORMA NEGATIVA soggetto+have/has+been+ing form soggetto+have/has+been+not+ing form I have been playing tennis I have not been playing tennis you have been playing tennis you have not been playing tennis he/she/it has been playing tennis he/she/it has not been playing tennis we have been playing tennis we have not been playing tennis you have been playing tennis you have not been playing tennis they have been playing tennis they have not been playing tennis FORMA INTERROGATIVA FORMA INTERROGATIVO-NEGATIVA have/has+soggetto+been+ing form haven t/hasn t+soggetto+been+ing form have I been playing tennis? haven t I been playing tennis? have you been playing tennis? haven t you been playing tennis? has he/she/it been playing tennis? hasn t he/she/it been playing tennis? have we been playing tennis? haven t we been playing tennis? have you been playing tennis? haven t you been playing tennis? have they been playing tennis? haven t they been playing tennis? ! EN IT In italiano non si usa questa forma, ma semplicemente il passato prossimo. I have been going round the same place without finding the right way out. Ho girato intorno allo stesso posto senza trovare la giusta via d uscita. He hasn t been playing football for very long. Non ha giocato tanto a pallone. What have you been doing so far? Che cosa hai fatto finora? Haven t they been listening to you? Non ti hanno ascoltato? Le risposte brevi sono: Yes, I/you/we/they have. No, I/you/we/they haven t. Yes, he/she/it has. No, he/she/it hasn t. USO Il present perfect progressive si usa: per evidenziare che l azione si è da poco conclusa e i suoi effetti si possono ancora vedere nella duration form (ma non con i cosiddetti verbi stativi) 52 Verbi stativi La forma contratta è: soggetto + ve/ s +been+ing form. La forma contratta è: soggetto + haven t/hasn t + been + ing form. La forma non contratta (Have I not been working?) è usata solo in contesti molto formali. 86 Domande senza wh-word 200