Времена группы perfect continuous Present Perfect Continuous, Past Perfect Continuous, Future Perfect Continuous

Эта группа времен обозначает продолженность действия и его завершенность.

1. Present Perfect Continuous:

(действие началось в прошлом, длилось вплоть до настоящего и продолжается в настоящем)

Индикаторы времени: since, for 2 years, all day, lately, recently, how long?…

Формула образования: have (has)+been+ v+ing

E.g. I have (I've) been playing.

I have not (haven't) been playing.

Have I been playing?

2. Past Perfect Continuous:

(действие совершается в прошлом некоторый промежуток времени)

Индикаторы времени: since, for 2 years, how long?…

Формула образования: had+been+ v+ing

E.g. I had been travelling.

I had not (hadn't) been travelling.

Had I been travelling?

3. Future Perfect Continuous:

(действие будет совершаться в будущем некоторый промежуток времени)

Индикаторы времени: since, for 2 years, how long?…

Формула образования: will(shall)+ have +been+ v+ ing

E.g. He will have been testing.

He will not (won't) have been testing.

Will he have been testing?

1. Grammar Practice Section

1. Переведите предложения, обращая внимание на разницу в переводе и употреблении Present, Past и Future Perfect Continuous

1. When the professor came into the class students had already been writing the tests for half an hour. 2. They have been playing tennis since childhood. 3. We shall have been preparing for the coming exams for the whole year. 4. He had been learning English at school for five years and now he is learning it at the university. 5. I was late and when I entered the hall the professor had already been speaking for ten minutes. 6. She will have been travelling for two weeks.

2.Поставьте следующие глаголы в Present, Past и Future Perfect Continuous

To speak, to write, to carry, to forget, to meet, to build, to play, to study, to discuss

3. Переспросите и не согласитесь с утверждением вашего собеседника

Образец:

-I have been looking for my key for half an hour.

-Have you been looking for your key for half an hour?

-No, you have not been looking for it so long.

1. They have been working for two days. 2. He has been answering a lot of questions since the morning. 3. I will have been waiting for him for ten minutes. 4. We have been working together for many years. 5. She said she had been working there since Sunday.

4. Переведите на английский язык.

1. Она разговаривает по телефону уже двадцать минут. 2. Я завтра сдаю экзамен с девяти до трех.3. Вчера мы писали тест три часа. 4. Такси уже десять минут ждет у дверей. 5. Когда мы встретились на прошлой неделе, она рассказывала полчаса о своей поездке.