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id: 671f46b8a64a336294268cf6
title: Task 38
challengeType: 19
dashedName: task-38
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# --instructions--

This task doesn't have audio. Read the question below and select the correct answer.

# --questions--

## --text--

Which option correctly uses the negative form of the `Present Perfect Continuous` tense?

## --answers--

`The app hasn't been functioning well lately.`

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`The app is not functioning well lately.`

### --feedback--

This sentence is using the `Present Continuous` tense, not the `Present Perfect continuous` tense.

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`The app didn't function well lately.`

### --feedback--

This sentence uses the `Simple Past` tense, not the `Present Perfect Continuous` tense.

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`The app doesn't function well lately.`

### --feedback--

This sentence is in the `Present Simple` tense, not the `Present Perfect continuous` tense.

## --video-solution--

1

# --explanation--

The negative form of the `Present Perfect continuous` tense is created with `hasn't/haven't + been + present participle`. It describes an ongoing action that started in the past and continues or remains relevant but hasn't occurred as expected. 
