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The Present Perfect Continuous

Saying no, and asking

haven't been, and Have you been…?

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Negatives

Put not after have or has. The rest of the form stays.

I have not been watering the roses.
I haven't been checking my email.
She hasn't been sleeping well.

Keep the I-N-G verb: haven't been checking, not haven't been check.

I haven't been waiting long.
They have not been talking.
He hasn't been sleeping well.
We haven't been using that printer.

Questions

Move have or has in front of the subject. Do not add do or did.

Have you been waiting long?
Has she been working today?
How long have you been standing there?
Has the server been running all night?
Have they been talking for an hour?

Read the same lines you just heard:

So, it's 'haven't been' or 'hasn't been', right?
Like 'I haven't been waiting long