3. Umuman sodir bo'ladigan, doimiy, odatiy, egaga xos ish-harakat to'g'risida gap ketganda yuqoridagi vaqt ko'rsatkichlari bilan ish-harakat-ning davom etganligiga e'tibor berganimizda Present Perfect Continuous ishlatiladi, ish-harakatning sodir bo'lganligi faktiga e'tibor berganimizda esa Present Perfect ishlatiladi:
He has been living in London for U Londonda besh yil (davomlda) ya-
five years. — He has lived in Lon- shayapti. don for five years.
He has been teaching English U 1998- yildan buyon ingliz tili o'qitadi.
since 1998. — He has taught English since 1998.
tory since he came to Samarkand, o'sha zavodda ishlaydi.
= He has worked at that factory
since he came to Samarkand.
4. Davom zamonlarda ishlatilmaydigan fe'llar bilan Present Perfect
Continuous o'rnida Present Perfect ishlatiladi:
She has been in London for U Londonda ikki yil (davomida) bo'ldi.
two years.
How long have you known him? Uni qachondan buyon taniysiz (bilasiz)?
1 have known him since my Men uni bolaligimdan buyon taniyman
childhood. (bilaman).
5. Present Perfect Continuouso'tgan zamonda boshlanib bevosita gap
borayotgan vaqtdan oldin tugagan ish-harakatni ifodalash uchun ishlatiladi.
Davom elgan vaqt ko'rsatilishi ham, ko'rsatilmasligi ham mumkin:
I feel tired as 1 have been working Men charchadim chunk! men bog'da
in the garden for several hours. bir necha soat {davomida) ishlagan edim.
Although the sun is shining, it is Quyosh charaqlab turgan bo'lsa ham,
still cold as it has been raining hali ham sovuq edi, chunki kuchli yom-
hard. g'ir yoqqan edi.