Question

Выберите правильное время: Present Perfect или Present Perfect Continuous 1) - How (have you spent/have you been spending) the evening? - I (have read/have been reading) some papers and magazines. 2) Someone (has ridden/has been riding) my bike and (has broken/has been breaking) it.

Answer 1

2)Someone has ridden my bike and has broken it.
1)How have you been spending the evening? - I have been reading some papers and magazines.

Answer 2

Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous

1) "How have you spent/have you been spending the evening?" - "I have read/have been reading some papers and magazines."

In this case, both the Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous can be used, but they convey slightly different meanings. The Present Perfect ("have read") suggests a completed action or a general statement about the evening, while the Present Perfect Continuous ("have been reading") suggests an ongoing action or activity that started in the past and is still happening in the present. Since the person is talking about reading papers and magazines, which is an ongoing activity, the Present Perfect Continuous is more appropriate here.

2) "Someone has ridden/has been riding my bike and has broken/has been breaking it."

Similarly, both the Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous can be used here, but they convey different meanings. The Present Perfect ("has ridden" and "has broken") suggests completed actions or general statements about the bike being ridden and broken. On the other hand, the Present Perfect Continuous ("has been riding" and "has been breaking") suggests ongoing actions or activities that started in the past and are still happening in the present. Without further context, it is difficult to determine which tense is more appropriate. However, if the focus is on the ongoing actions of riding and breaking the bike, the Present Perfect Continuous would be more suitable [[2]](https://mgimo.ru/upload/docs_6/yastrebova_Part_1.pdf).

Remember, the choice between the Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous depends on the specific context and the intended meaning of the sentence.