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Form: present perfect continuous

 AffirmativeA declarative sentence indicating "yes"; also called a positive sentence. E.g.: John likes squash a lot.

subject auxiliary verb (present participle)  
I
You
We
You
They		 have been lying here for hours.
He/she/it has

NegativeA declarative sentence indicating "no". E.g.: Tim has no friends.

subject auxiliary 1 not auxiliary 2 verb (present participle)  
I
You
We
You
They		 have not been working for 2 weeks.
He/she/it has

InterrogativeThe sentence type used to express a direct question. E.g.: What are you doing?

(question word) auxiliary 1 subject auxiliary 2 verb (present participle)  
(Why) have I
you
we
you
they		 been lying here all day?
has he/she/it
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