除了上面讲到的时态外，还有一些时态还是比较常用的，如：
1.现在完成进行时(The Present Perfect Continuous Tense)表示由过去某时持续到现在的动作，由“have(has)been+现在分词”构成：
It has been raining for three hours.
一连下了三个钟头的雨。
She has been working the whole morning.
她工作一上午了。
That's the letter I have been expecting.
这是我一直在等的信。
What have you been arguing about?
你们在争论什么事?
What's the matter with you? I've been here waiting for you for 3 hours!
你怎么回事?我已经在这里等了你3个小时了。
2.过去完成进行时(The Past Perfect Continuous Tense)：表示过去某时前一直在进行的动作，由“had been+现在分词”构成：
I asked him what he had been doing.
我问他一盲在干什么。
He had been working all day and was very tired.
他干了一天的活很累。
She showed me the book she had been reading.
她把她看的书拿给我看。
He told her that he had been thinking of her all the time.
他告诉她他一直在想她。
Jane had been doing the work for a year before I took over the job.
在我接手这工作前Jane干这工作干了一年。
3.将来进行时(The Future Continuous Tense)：表示将来某时正在进行的动作，或根据安排将要发生的事，由“will(shall)be+现在分词”构成：
Be sure to come at 8 o'clock. I'll be expecting you.
一定要八点钟来，我会等你的。
I'll be waiting for you outside.
我将在外边等你。
Tomorrow morning I'll be seeing a friend off at the airport.
明大早上我将到机场给一位朋友送行。
The machine will still be working tomorrow at 9 pm.
这台机器明晚9点将仍在运转。
