Present Perfect/Present Perfect Continuous

(+) It _____ a lot.

(-) We _____ tennis.

Where _____ you _____ recently?

(+) Dave and Pat _____ the museum.

(-) My sister _____ the house so far.

We use it for duration from the Past until now

We use it for an action or situation that began sometime in the past and continues into the present time.

We use it for an action when the time is not important.

Without the duration, the tense has a more general meaning of "lately." We often use the words "lately" or "recently" to emphasize this meaning.

We use it for an action that finished in the very recent past, expressed by ‘just’.