Present perfect continuous use – Exercise 261

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

It has been snowing for several hours.

We have been cleaning up the flat.

Mary and Paul have been dating for a couple of months.

Anne has been growing her hair for many years.

I've been reading reviews on the new phone models for some time.

Now it is very long.

Now it's very beautiful outside.

Now they are about to get married.

Now it is perfectly clean.

Now I've bought the model I really like.

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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.