Present perfect continuous vs. present perfect – Exercise 326

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

Diane has to download some files. She started downloading them five minutes ago. Two files are still downloading now.

She

three files so far.

She

files for five minutes.

has been downloading

has downloaded

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Present perfect continuous or present perfect — reference

The present perfect continuous tells us how long the action has been continuing.

The present perfect puts the focus on the result of the action or tells us how many times the action has happened so far.

Example

Jenny is wet and exhausted. She has been running. → the continuing process is important

Jenny has run 10 kilometres today. → the result is important