Present perfect continuous use – Exercise 261

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

. Now I'm thirsty.

hard. Now I'm tired.

You

for too long. Now you're late for work.

a lot. Now we speak English much better.

You

all night long. Now you have a sore throat.

have been sleeping

have been practising

have been working

have been running

have been singing

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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.