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Exercises

1. Translate into Russian:

1. I have been waiting for you since 12 o'clock. 2. She has been working here for 2 hours. 3. For how long" have they been sleeping? 4. What have you been doing"? - I have been marking" essays. 5. I have been pruning my roses. 6. I've been waiting here since three o'clock. 7. I've been drinking too much. 8. That noise has been going on since they came home. 9. The telephone has been ringing for five minutes, why don't you answer it? 10. Look at my hands I've been cleaning your shoes. 11. He has been coming here day after day for years. 12. I suppose you have been telling lies again.

2. Make the sentences interrogative and negative:

1. Mr. Smith has been staying with them for a fortnight. 2. It has been raining all the morning. 3. He has been writing this exercise for two hours. 4. The boy has been fishing since early morning. 5. For a week you have been promising to take me for a walk. 6. The children have been playing in the garden since their mother came.

3. Open the brackets using the Present Perfect Continuous Tense:

1. John is in his room, he (to sit) there since the morning. 2. For two hours now we (to talk) about it and we haven't come to any conclusion yet. 3. John, do you know where my bag is? I (to look) for it for half an hour and I can't find it. 4. Look, your brother (to dance) with that red-haired girl since she came into the room. 5. He (to try) to solve this problem for several months now but he hasn't found a solution yet. 6. She (to teach) at school for twenty years. 7. Mr. Brown (to work) in his room since early morning. 8. The children (to sleep) for six hours.

4. Open the brackets using the Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous Tense:

1. I (write) the letter, so perhaps you would post it for me. 2. For the last two years, he (write) a history of the Civil War. 3. A: What you (do) for the last half hour? B: I (sit) here working at this problem. 4. We always (live) in a bungalow, so it will seem strange when we move into a house. 5. How you (keep)? Well, I hope. 6. You look very upset. What (happen)? 7, He shouldn't drive this evening. He (drink). 8. I'd better not drive. I already (drink) quite a lot. 9. The meat must be nearly ready. It (cook) for nearly an hour. 10. You (not finish) that book yet? You (read) it for more than a week. 11. I wonder if John (forget) my number. I (expect) him to call for the past two hours. 12. I'm sorry we're late. You (wait) long? 13. A: How long (know) you the truth? B: I only just (find out), but I (find out) a lot of other thing's just recently. 14. If he (ask) me that ques­tion once, he (ask) me a dozen times.

5. Choose the tense form:

1.I already (lo finish) the play which I (to translate) all these months. 2.My father (to write) a new textbook now. He (to work) at it for three years. 3.You (to look) tired. You (to work) hard lately? 4.I (to think) about this problem ever since we (to discuss) it with you. 5.All this time I (to try) to remember how long it (to be) since you (to finish) high school. 6.I (to feel) much better ever since I (to start) taking this wonderful medicine. 7I (to feel) much worse ever since I (to take) this awful medicine. 8.I clearly see that I (to change) constantly all this time while I (to stay) here with your family. 9.Is this something new that you (to wear)? - Oh, no, I (to wear) it for a few months now. It's strange that you (to notice) suddenly what I (to wear).