Present perfect continuous use – Exercise 261

Drag each element from the list below to the right gap.

all night long. Now I'm exhausted.

to this artist for a week. Now I know all his songs.

for my plastic card since morning. I haven't found it yet.

over the phone for two hours. Now its battery is low.

prices for the laptop I want. I have found the best deal.

have been talking

have been comparing

have been dancing

have been looking

have been listening

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Present perfect continuous use 1

It started raining an hour ago.

It has been raining for an hour.

It has just stopped raining.

Result: the grass is wet now.

The activity started in the past and it has recently stopped. We can see its result at the moment of speaking.

Examples

— Why are you out of breath? — I have been running. I started running some time ago. I've just stopped running. As a result, I'm out of breath now.

We have been playing volleyball for two hours. We are thirsty. We started playing two hours ago. As a result, after two hours of playing, we feel thirsty.

Julie has been walking in the rain. Her clothes and her hair are wet now. The rain started some time ago. Julie has spent some time in the rain. As a result, she's wet.