Present Perfect Simple or Continuous?

Choose the Present Perfect Simple or the Present Perfect Continuous

Lisa is writing emails. She ..... lots of emails this morning.

's sent

's been sending

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Rule: Present Perfect Continuous ShowHide

have / has been + -ing

An activity that started in the past and is still going on, often with for, since, all day, How long …?: She has been playing tennis since she was six.
A recent activity whose result you can see now: His clothes are dirty. He has been playing in the mud.

They haven't been waiting long.
How long have you been waiting?

Present Perfect Simple instead

A finished result, how many, how much: I've read three books. Nick has returned your book.
After a superlative or the first time: the most boring film I've ever seen; the first time he has driven a car
With state verbs – know, like, hear, have (own): Have you heard from Brian?
With yet: They haven't finished yet.

The activity or the result? I've been painting the kitchen – that's why my hands are dirty (maybe not finished). I've painted the kitchen – it's done. And check the form: she has been, not ~~she have been~~; been, not ~~being~~.

Ten sentences at a time out of sixty-four. Ask yourself what the sentence is about: the activity and how long it lasted takes have been doing, the finished result takes have done.