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2. Translate using either the Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous.

  1. Вот уже час мама разговаривает по телефону.

  2. Мама, ты уже приготовила обед? – Нет еще. – Но ты готовишь его уже 4 часа.

  3. Я не видела ее сегодня. Последнее время мы не встречались, она много работает.

  4. Где ты был все это время? Я ищу тебя с утра. Ты принес мою книгу?

  5. Я только что вспомнила, что я еще не отправила телеграмму родителям.

  6. Он работает в этой компании уже 8 лет. С какого времени он там работает? – С тех пор как закончил Университет.

  7. Он проработал в этой компании 8 лет. Он всегда был хорошим специалистом.

  8. Я знаю ее с детства. Мы дружим уже более 30 лет. Она всегда была мне верной подругой.

  9. Гости сидят за столом более 3 часов. А дети уже поужинали.

  10. Мама моей подруги проработала учителем 50 лет и моя подруга вот уже 10 лет учит детей.

Total: 50/_____

The Present Perfect – the Present Prefect Continuous.

The Present Perfect often expresses a recently completed action: He has just left. = He left a few minutes ago.

The Present Perfect Continuous is used for an action which began in the past and is still continuing (Type 1), or has just finished (Type 2).

Compare:

Type 1: I have been waiting for her for an hour. I don’t think she will come.

Type 2: I’m sorry I’m late. Have you been waiting long?

The Present Perfect can also express an action which began in the past and still continues, or has only just finished. When used in this way it is very like the Present Perfect Continuous, and often either form can be used:

He has lived here for 3 years. – He has been living here for 5 years.

How long have you learnt English? – How long have you been learning English?

I have dreamed to visit Italy for a long time. – I have been dreaming to visit Italy for a long time.

This is not possible with verbs which are not used in the Continuous forms. Thus, the Present Perfect Continuous cannot replace the Present Perfect in the following examples: I have known him for ages. She has been away since Monday.

The Present Perfect Continuous can be used with or without a time phrase. In this way it differs from the Present Perfect, which can only express this type of action by adding a time phrase such as since June, never, for a month. When the Present Perfect Indefinite is used without a time expression of this kind, it refers to a single completed action.

C ompare:

I have been knocking (this is how I have spent the last five minutes). I think nobody is in.

I have knocked six times (this is what I have done – six completed actions). But there’s no answer.

I have knocked (it is a single completed action). Wait, please. I’m sure, she is in.

E X E R C I S E S

1.3.1. Complete the sentences. Use either the Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous. In some sentences, either form is possible.

  1. The zoo isn't far from here. I (to walk) there many times.

  2. I'm tired. We (to walk) for over an hour. Let's stop and rest for a while.

  3. Mr Curtis (to work) for the power company for fifteen years. He likes his job.

  4. I (to read) this chapter in my chemistry text-book three times, and I still don't understand it!

  5. My eyes are getting tired. I (to read) for two hours. I think I'll take a break.

  6. Mrs Jackson (to teach) kindergarten for twenty years. She's one of the best teachers at the elementary school.

  7. Marge is writing a letter to her boyfriend. She (to write) it since she got home from class.

  8. I (to write) my folks at least a dozen letters since I left home and came here.

  9. A new bridge (to appear) here recently. They (to build) it for four years.

  10. Lately she (to be) very angry with me. She (not to speak) with me since Christmas.

1.3.2. Open the brackets. Use either the Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous, the Present Indefinite or Present Continuous. Reproduce the dialogue.

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  • What are you doing?

  • I ... (to write) a letter.

  • You ... (to sit) at the desk for hours. Is it a difficult letter?

  • Yes. I ... (to decide) to resign from my job.

  • But how do you know you don't like it? You ... only... (to do) it for a week.

  • I do like it. But Mr Brown already ... (to offer) me a better one, and I'm going to accept it. It's in Brazil, and I ... always ... (to want) to go to Brazil. I ... (not to like) living in cold climate.

  • But how ... you ... (to know) if you'll like it there? You ... (never, to be) out of England before.

  • That doesn't matter. Some friends of mine ... (to live) there at the moment. They'll look after me.

  • You're very lucky, really. I ... (to try) to find a job for months. I ... (to be) to endless interviews, and they ... (to turn down) me.

  • Well, obviously you ... (to apply) for the wrong kinds of job. Don't worry. You'll find one soon.

  • I ... (to hope) so.