Present perfect and present perfect continuous

I_______and my legs are really tired now.

• cycling

• have cycling

• ´ve cycling

• ´ve been cycling

Answer explanation

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'm sorry I'm late, ____________ for a long time?

• been wating

• waiting

• have you been waiting

• have you waited

Fill in the blanks with present perfect or present perfect continuous. I _______(work) on this essay since two o'clock.

I usually go to the gym on the High Street, but it's closed for repairs at the moment so I ___ to the one in the shopping center.

(emphasis of a temporary situation)

• 've been going

• 've gone

This tense focuses on the result:

• Present perfect simple

• Present perfect continuous

I ___ emails. (focus on an action which may continue)

• 've been writing

• 've written

Mary is exhausted these days. She _____ too hard recently.

• have worked

• has worked

• have been working

• has been working

Somebody __________my cookies. There are very few left.

Answer explanation

has been eating

How many books__________?

• has she written

• has she been writing

• has she wrote

They _______for months, and they________three countries so far.

• have travelled/

• have been travelling/have visited

• have been travelling/have visited