Present Perfect Continuous: negative

 

To make negative statements in the Present Perfect Continuous, use have/has not (haven’t/hasn’t) + been + the “-ing” form of the verb:

 

Singular	Plural
I haven’t been running You haven’t been running He/she/it hasn’t been running	We haven’t been running You haven’t been running They haven’t been running

• I haven’t been eating all day long. I am very hungry.
• Vicky hasn’t been sleeping last night and now she looks drowsy.
• We haven’t been talking to each other since last Friday.