Is it lived or have been living?

Has lived means not living here anymore. He has been living here for 5 years. HAS BEEN LIVING means he is still living in the same place and it’s been 5 years that he is there. They both mean that he has lived in that place for 5 years, maybe he is still living there, maybe not, maybe he’s dead.

Which tense is has been living?

Present Perfect Continuous
This tense is called the “Present Perfect Continuous” (have been living). It means I have lived there for 2 years and, by implication, that I’m going to continue to live there for at least the near future.

Will have lived Vs will have been living?

The difference is one of “flavour”: ‘I’ll have lived here for 3 years’ sees ‘living here’ as something permanent, settled; whereas ‘I’ll have been living here for 3 years’ implies that the speaker might well want to move soon afterwards. The same difference applies to “I have lived here/been living here for 3 years”.

Have been lived meaning?

Re: I’ve been living vs I’ve lived This is present perfect tense. It means that 6 years ago, you moved into, started living in the house; and you have lived there from that moment, right up to this moment.

Had been living or had lived?

If I had to choose between “had lived” and “had been living” I would choose “had lived” for this sentence because of the preposition before. Compare: “We had been living there for 10 years when we moved to…” “We had lived there for 10 years before we moved to…”

Is I have lived correct?

The verb live like the verb work (in the sense of having a job) can be used in the present perfect or the present perfect continuous, with no change in meaning. So the sentence “I have lived in London for five years” has the same meaning as the sentence “I have been living in London for five years”.

When to use has been and had been?

Present perfect ‘have/has been ‘ is used when describing an action completed in the recent past and still assumes importance in the present. We use ‘had been’ when you describe something that happened in the past before something else in the past.

Had been have been has been?

“Had been” is used to mean that something happened in the past and has already ended. “Have been” and “has been” are used to mean that something began in the past and has lasted into the present time.

What’s the difference between I have been living and I have lived?

EDIT IT NOW! & become VIP What is the difference between “I have been living” and “I have lived”? This tense is called the “Present Perfect Continuous” (have been living). It means I have lived there for 2 years and, by implication, that I’m going to continue to live there for at least the near future.

How long has a person been living in one place?

He has been living there for 10 years. If 1. means the person may very well not be living there anymore now and 3. means he is still living there at the moment, What does 2. mean having to do with the present situation？

What does it mean to have lived in London for 5 years?

It depends on the context and what you want to say. “I have been living in London for five years” tells us that you are still living there and that you have been living there in one continuous time period. “I have lived in London for five years” can (but does not have to) mean the same.

Which is correct present perfect or have been living?

If you were to say: I’m living in a flat, some might interpret it as not being a long-term arrangement. Likewise, the present perfect continuous conveys continuity and can emphasize its transitory state. I have been living here for five years.