An Explanation of Present Perfect Continuous Tense in Urdu
The present perfect continuous tense is amazing for learning English. It gives you a ladder to succeed and master the language, English. This is the 4th tense in the row of twelve tenses of English. Learning this tense is very crucial and easy. When you have completed the work and still you are doing that work, you can use this tense to explain your work. Consider it a ladder or a step; if you cross it, you will build your English language skill. We have explained this tense amazingly to you in this article. You will learn from the basics of this tense to the advanced level. By the end of this article, you would be able to explain this tense in your own words. This tense is explained in Urdu here. What you will learn in this article about this tense is given below.
- Definition of this tense in Urdu, so that you can understand this tense completely in Urdu, and when you encounter sentences in Urdu, you can immediately recognise that the sentence is from this tense.
- You will also understand the recognition in Urdu too of this tense. This is done to create ease for you so that you can easily understand the sentence in Urdu by just looking at the end of the sentence inUrdu.
- Correct use of helping verbs is used in this tense against each subject so that you do not get any difficulty.
- How to make sentences for this tense?
- We will help you to understand where ‘since’ and ‘for’ are used in this tense.
- Where is this tense used?
- An exercise as a challenge
Definition in Urdu
ایسا فعل جو ماضی میں شروع ہوا ہو اور موجودہ وقت تک جاری ہو۔ جیسا کہ یہ فعل اپنے نام ‘پر فیکٹ کنٹینوس’ سے ظاہر کرتا ہے کہ کام کا کچھ حصہ تو مکمل ہو چکا ہے مگر کام ابھی بھی جاری ہے۔ مثلاً ‘میں دس سال سے کالج میں پڑھا رہا ہوں۔’ دس سال مکمل ہو چکے ہیں مگر پڑھانا ابھی بھی جاری ہے۔
Recognition in Urdu
جملے کے آخر میں ‘تا رہا ہے، ‘تے رہی ہے، ‘تے رہے ہوں، ‘تا رہا ہوں، ‘تے رہے ہو، وغیرہ آتا ہے۔ مثلاً ‘وہ گانا گاتا رہا ہے۔’
یا
جملے کے آخر میں ‘رہا ہے، رہی ہے، رہے ہو، رہے ہیں، رہا ہوں’ وغیرہ کا استعمال ہوتا ہے، اور وقت کا ذکر مثلاً ‘وہ صبح سے کتاب پڑھ رہا ہے۔’
Correct Use of Verb
مختلف فاعل سے متعلق امدادی فعل اس کے سامنے درج ذیل ہے۔
Subject | Helping Verb |
He/She/It/Singular Noun | Has been |
I/We/You/They/Plural Noun | Have been |
Now, you have learnt the use of verbs. Which verb is used against the subject? You know it well. Now, we will move on to the next part of the tense, where we will learn to make sentences for this tense, such as positive, negative, interrogative, and negative-interrogative sentences.
How To Make Sentences?
Positive Sentences
Structure
Subject + Helping verb + First Form of Verb + ing + Object
He/She/It/Singular Noun + has been + working./daring./educating.
I/We/You/They/Plural Noun + Have been + running./playing./eating.
Negative Sentences
Structure
Subject + Helping Verb (Has/Have)+ not been + First Form of Verb + ing + Object
He/She/It/Singular Noun + Has + not been + working./running./learning.
I/We/You/They/Plural Noun + Have + not been + working./eating./going./playing.
Interrogative Sentences
Structure
Helping Verb (Has/Have) + Subject + been + First Form of Verb + ing + Object
Has + he/she/it/Singular Noun + been + working?/eating?/running?
Have + I/we/You/They/Plural Noun + been + working?/sleeping?/graduating?
Negative-Interrogative Sentences
Structure
Helping verb (Has/Have) + Subject + not been + First Form of Verb + ing + Object
Has + he/she/it/Singular Noun + not been + working?/growing?
Have + I/we/You/They/Plural Noun + not been + working?/educating?/learning?
Where are ‘for’ and ‘since’ used?
(کام کے آغاز کا وقت)
since ——> start of a period
(کام کرتے ہوئے کل مدت)
for ———> a period of time
مندرجہ ذیل کو غور سے دیکھیں۔
Where is this tense used?
مندرجہ ذیل جگہوں پر اس کا استعمال ہوتا ہے۔
ایسا کام جو ماضی میں شروع ہوا ہو لیکن حال میں بھی جاری ہو، یعنی اس کا کچھ حصہ مکمل ہو چکا ہو اور کچھ ابھی بھی ہو رہا ہو۔(i)
(a) I have been teaching English for ten years.
(b) Nadeem has been helping the poor for seven months.
ایسا کام جو پہلے ہی مکمل ہو چکا ہو لیکن اس کے تسلسل پر اس لیے زور دیا گیا ہو تاکہ وہ واضح ہو سکے.(ii)
(a) You seem to be very tired. Yes, because I have been working the whole night.
Solve The Exercise
Now, you have the complete understanding of the tense. Now, you can overcome and pass this very short and easy exercise. Put all your knowledge, what you have learnt in this article about this tense, into this exercise. Solve this exercise and give more strength to your knowledge. There is no help in this exercise. If you get stuck anywhere in this exercise or are unable to solve any fill-in-the-blank, you can drop your question in the comments. We will help you to cover and complete the exercise.
- It ____________ since morning. (rain)
- We ___________ TV since the nightfall. (watch)
- They __________ for the rain for a long time. (wait)
- He _____________ as a postman for ten years. (work)
- The trial ___________ on for a long time. (go)
- How long _________ you __________ in this college. (teach)
- People ___________ for their leader for months. (wait)
- It __________ for four hours. (hail)
- The peon __________ the bell for ten minutes. (ring)
- They ____________ in the pool for half an hour. (swim)
Use the correct form of the verb given in front of each fill-in-the-blank and solve this exercise carefully. We have gained a compendious overview of the present perfect continuous tense. Now, it is the time to have a look at the PDF version of this tense.
A PDF of Present Perfect Continuous Tense
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