Grammar: Present perfect continuous and duration form p. 22

Check out these pairs of sentences to see how a grammar tense can affect meaning. Choose the correct alternative.
1 Charlotte's watched a film that she thinks is a real life-changer.
________
2 Charlotte's been watching films that she thinks are real life-changers.
________
3 Who's drunk my coffee?
________
4 Who's been drinking my coffee?
________

Complete Leo's blog entry about how intense experiences can change our personality with the correct form of the words given. Use the contracted form for the verbs where possible. Then, think about an experience which has affected your personality, make any changes you need and use it for your speaking test.

visit ● try ● unconventional ● insecure ● for ● assertive ● travel ● well-balanced ● feel ● meet

I've just arrived home, but my mind is still somewhere between Berlin and Budapest. I ________ around Europe for the last month, and honestly, I feel like a different person now.
Looking back, I was a bit ________. I always doubted my decisions and relied on others. However, four weeks of coping with delayed trains and lost items forces you to become ________; you have to stand up for yourself when things go wrong.
People keep asking, 'How many cities ________?' but that's the wrong question. It's not about a number; it's about how I've changed. I think I'm more open-minded now. I ________ some incredible friends along the way. We got along immediately because we shared the same ________ lifestyle – sleeping in hostels and eating street food at strange hours.
One guy I met, Marco, was so ________. No matter what happened, he stayed calm and sensible. Since I met him, I ________ to adopt that same mindset. I ________ this happy ________ years. Interrailing isn't just a trip; it's a crash course in growing up.

While writing in his notebook during his interrail trip, Leo made some mistakes in the use of the present perfect simple and the present perfect continuous. Find the mistake in each sentence and write the correction in the space provided. Use the subject pronoun and the contracted form where possible.

1 Marco and I really get on well! It's as if we've been knowing each other for years.      ________
2 I think I've been visiting three cities this week.      ________
3 I'm so tired all the time because I have walked so much.      ________
4 The only thing that has gone wrong is that someone has been stealing my phone.      ________
5 At last, the train is arriving! I've waited for hours!      ________
6 I haven't been going to restaurants for days! I'm always eating food on the go.      ________

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given.

1 Sara hasn't seen her long-lost friend Mya for four years.
SINCE
It's ________ Sara and Mya last saw each other.

2 When did you start dating Noah?
BEEN
How long ________ Noah?

3 Sorry the kitchen is in a mess, but I was baking all morning.
HAVE
Sorry the kitchen is in a mess, but ________.

4 My grandparents bought this house in the late 70s.
OWNED
My ________ the late 70s.

5 Now that Jake is at university, he last went home three months ago.
FOR
Since university started, Jake ________ three months.

6 Leo started his interrail trip a month ago.
HAS
Leo ________ for a month now.