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Jannevie Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Present Perfect Continuous?(

How many verbs in this sentence?
We have been eating food.
2 auxiliary and 1 -ing? Have, Been, eating?
or 1 verb 'have been' and 'eating'?
  

Top answer

Aux. Have + been (the past participle ) + the - ing form of the main verb.

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Aux. Have + been (the past
participle ) + the - ing form of the main verb.
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Some sites say there are 2 auxiliary verbs and 1 verb ending in -ing.

I have a test which asks me which is the 1st verb: have or been.
and Is the 2nd verb 'been'?
It doesn't give me the option of Have+been.
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I've found these explanations:
The present perfect continuous is made up of two elements: the present perfect of the verb 'to be' (have/has been), and the present participle of the main verb (base+ing)

Auxiliaries has been and main verb -ing.

Lets wait for another point of view.
Kind regards
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jannevieI have a test which asks me which is the 1st verb: have or been.
First verb: have
Second verb: been
Third verb: eating

have is an auxiliary verb. It marks perfect aspect. It takes a past participle.
been is another auxiliary verb. It's the past participle of be. It marks continuous aspe
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CJ, Is the auxiliary 'have' called 'operator' in this case?
Thanks.
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4444mvCJ, Is the auxiliary 'have' called an 'operator' in this case? Thanks.
Yes. The term 'operator' is sometimes used to describe it.

CJ
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