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Present perfect continuous: duration, recent activity, and now

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Use the present perfect continuous for an activity that started before now and is still happening, or for recent activity with a present effect. Choose have with I, you, we, and they; choose has with he, she, it, and a singular noun. Then use been and the -ing form of the main verb.

Nadia has been preparing for her interview since Monday.
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