Present perfect continuous vs. present perfect – Exercise 326

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

Craig is in the gym and he started doing pushups some time ago. He must do ten sets of pushups and he has two sets left to do now.

pushups for some time.

eight sets of pushups so far.

has done

has been doing

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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