The Present Perfect Continuous is used to talk about a continuing activity in the past that still influences the present moment. This activity might just have stopped or might still be happening:

 

I have been painting the house all day. I am exhausted (past activity affects the present moment).

 

He‘s been fixing his car. He’s covered in oil (while fixing is still taking place).

 

To make the Present Perfect Continuous, use: 

 

have/has + been + the “-ing” form of the verb

 

Singular	Plural
I have been skating You’ve been skating He/she/it has been skating	We’ve been skating You’ve been skating They’ve been skating

 

I’ve been cooking all evening. Now I have to do the dishes.

Jane’s been running for almost an hour. She is very tired.