Present Perfect vs Present Perfect Continuous

Jim has dug/has been digging the garden since early this morning.

• has dug

• has been digging

You’ve been watching/’ve watched TV since you got up. Why don't you go outside and play with your friends?

• ’ve been watching

• ’ve watched

Judith has been twisting/has twisted her ankle and is in great pain.

• has been twisting

• has twisted

Do you know if Joe is OK? I’ve been trying/’ve tried to contact him for weeks.

• ’ve been trying

• ’ve tried

The storm is so violent that the authorities have been declaring/have declared a state of emergency.

• have been declaring

• have declared

Mila started a diet last month and has lost/has been losing two kilos so far.

• has lost

• has been losing

The forest fire has been burning/has burnt for two days, causing the destruction of 5,000 acres of land.

• has been burning

• has burnt

Have you heard/Have you been hearing any news about the trapped miners?

• Have you heard

• Have you been hearing

I’ve just made/’ve just been making some tea. Would you like a cup?

• I’ve just made

• I’ve just been making

The town has never been experiencing/has never experienced such terrible floods before.

• has never been experiencing

• has never experienced