SUBJECT : Present Perfect vs Present Perfect Continuous A)Use PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE to fill...

1. I’m tired, because I have been working very hard.
2. He has been writing letters all morning.
3. Catherina is getting fatter because she has been eating too much.
4. My mother has been peeling the potatoes all afternoon.
5. Cathy has been attending a cookery course since March.
6. How long have you been learning English?
7. Where are my eye-glasses? I have been looking for them for an hour.
8. Charles has been escaping from the police for years.
9. How long have you been using a computer?
10. Elizabeth has been living with Mike for three years.
11. She has been earning quite a lot of money for the last two years.
12. It has been raining for six hours.

To complete the sentences with the Present Perfect Continuous tense, we need to use the structure "have/has been + present participle (verb+ing)." This tense is used to emphasize the duration of an activity that started in the past and is still continuing in the present or has recently stopped with a present result. Here are the completed sentences:

1. I’m tired, because I have been working very hard.
2. He has been writing letters all morning.
3. Catherina is getting fatter because she has been eating too much.
4. My mother has been peeling the potatoes all afternoon.
5. Cathy has been attending a cookery course since March.
6. How long have you been learning English?
7. Where are my eye-glasses? I have been looking for them for an hour.
8. Charles has been escaping from the police for years.
9. How long have you been using a computer?
10. Elizabeth has been living with Mike for three years.
11. She has been earning quite a lot of money for the last two years.
12. It has been raining for six hours.

Explanation:

• Present Perfect Continuous is used to highlight the duration or ongoing nature of an activity.
• It often answers "how long" questions or explains a present state by referring to previous actions.
• Key words often associated with this tense include "for," "since," and "all morning/afternoon/evening."
• It's important to remember that some verbs, typically stative verbs like "know," "be," "seem," etc., are not usually used in continuous forms.

1. have been working
2. has been writing
3. has been eating
4. has been peeling
5. has been attending
6. have you been learning
7. have been looking
8. has been escaping
9. have you been using
10. has been living
11. has been earning
12. has been raining