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Perfect Progressive:
1.recent actions.
nUse Present Perfect Progressive to explain a situation that is related to  a recent activity.
nExamples:
na. “My hands are green, because I have been painting my room”.
nb. “Her/His eyes are red, because
nShe/he has been sleeping”.
nc. “ Their shoes are full of mud, because they have been playing in the yard”