present perfect/present perfect continuous?
Choose the best verb form for each sentence. Which sentences could have both forms?
I have...
1.gone/ been going out a lot recently.
2. felt / been feeling tired this week.
3.studied / been studying a lot recently.
4.done / been doing all their homework this week.
5.spent / been spending a lot of money recently.
6.been / been going abroad this year.
(The exercise is from Cutting Edge Upper-Intermediate Student's Book p63.)

I think 1,3 is present perfect continuous; 4,6 is present perfect simple, and 2, 5 can be both tenses, am I correct?
I'm qutie confused as to when can we use both tenses and is there any differences when we do?

Thanks for you help!

Question

present perfect/present perfect continuous?
Choose the best verb form for each sentence. Which sentences could have both forms?
I have...
1.gone/ been going out a lot recently.
2. felt / been feeling tired this week.
3.studied / been studying a lot recently.
4.done / been doing all their homework this week.
5.spent / been spending a lot of money recently.
6.been / been going abroad this year.
(The exercise is from Cutting Edge Upper-Intermediate Student's Book p63.)

I think 1,3 is present perfect continuous; 4,6 is present perfect simple, and 2, 5 can be both tenses, am I correct?
I'm qutie confused as to when can we use both tenses and is there any differences when we do?

Thanks for you help!

Answer

Present perfect: I have gone out a lot recently.
Present perfect continuous: I have been going since Monday.
Present perfect: I have felt tired.
Present perfect continuous: I have been feeling tired throughout the week.
Present perfect: I have recently studied English.
Present perfect continuous: I have been studying English language since 2017.
Present perfect: They have done their homework this week.
Present perfect continuous: I have been doing their homework since Saturday evening.
Present perfect: I have recently spent a lot of money on my broken car. 
Present perfect continuous: I have been spending a lot of money on my broken car.
Present perfect: I have been to Canada twice.
Present perfect continuous: I have been traveling abroad since you left home.

Note: For the present perfect the action started in the past has ended. And it's not continuing anymore.
And for the present perfect continuous the action started in the past and it is still continuing. Ex: I have gone there. (not going there anymore) I went there once. Ex: I have been going there. I means I still go. (I haven't stopped going there).

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