EXERCISES. Exercise 1. Complete the sentences with the verbs using the Present

Exercise 1. Complete the sentences with the verbs using the Present

Perfect Continuous Tense.

work, smoke, lie, do, wait, speak, run, make, snow, discuss, try, paint, waste, work

1. He … for two hours, tell him to rest a little.

2. They … a noise since I came here.

3. They … the case for hours but are unable to come to any decision.

4. You are red all over. How long you … in the sun today?

5. Greg has returned at last. Mary … for so long.

6. How long you … to get in touch with your friend?

7. Your face is dirty with paint. What you …? You … the house?

8. I ask you to keep to the point. You … for fifteen minutes, but the subject of your report is not clear yet.

9. You look tired. You … hard?

10. He is a rather experienced specialist. He … his business for seven years.

11. There is a lot of snow in the street as it … since yesterday.

12. There’s sufficient light, you … electricity for nearly an hour.

13. Open the window. Somebody … here.

Exercise 2. Open the brackets and put the verbs into the proper tense, either the Present Continuous or the Present Perfect Continuous Tense.

1. Don't come in. He (take) an exam. He (take) his exam for half an hour already.

2. I (read) Shakespeare in your absence and now I (try) to learn this beautiful sonnet. 3. Where are the children? — They (play volleyball). They (play volleyball) since two o'clock.

4. I (learn) to type for a month and can say that my typing (improve).

5. Nick (come) round to see us tonight.

6. Where’s my daughter? – She (talk) to a policeman. – What’s happened? – She (drive) without a license.

7. Our friends (leave) – How long they (stay) with you?

8. I (sleep) badly recently, doctor. What can I do about it?

9. You (lie)! Stop it, and tell the truth like a man.

10. He (stay) at his sister's for six weeks. He (try) to find a flat to live in.

11. We can't dance as my father (work) in the study. He (prepare) a report. He (write) it for the whole day.

12. Do you see what the child (do) with your hat? Take it from him.

13. They still (discuss) the article? But they (do) it since twelve o'clock!

14. The prices (go up). They (rise) since 1991.

15. What a strong wind (blow)! It (blow) since yesterday.

Exercise 3. Open the brackets and put the verbs into the Present Perfect Continuous Tense or the Present Perfect 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. I (collect) the pictures with bridges since I graduated from the University. Now I (collect) enough to organize an interesting exhibition.

4. I (try) to get into contact with them for a long time, but now I (give) it up as hopeless.

5. You ever (witness) an earthquake? I just (tell) my children stories about the dreadful consequences of it.

6. My shortsighted uncle (lose) his spectacles. We (look) for them everywhere but we can't find them.

7. How long you (know) about it? – I (know) it all the time.

8. You ever (work) as interpreter? — Yes, that is what I (do) for the last five months.

9. They (make up) their quarrel? — I don't know. I only know that they (not be) on speaking terms since September.

10. Our pilot (ask) for permission to take off for ten minutes already, but he (get) no answer yet.

11. I (wonder) all the morning what a conceited young woman she (become).

12. You (open) the door at last. I (ring) for an hour at least, it seems to me.

13. Look, the typist (talk) all the time, she already (miss) several words.

14. They (struggle) with this problem for about a month and they (solve) it at last.

15. You (see) Harry again. He (put) this idea into your head.

Exercise 4. Open the brackets and put the verbs into the Present Indefinite, the Present Continuous, the Past Indefinite, the Past Continuous, the Present Perfect Tense, the Present Perfect Continuous Tense.

1. While I (wait) for him to call up, he (have) a good time in the bar.

2. It (snow) steadily the whole week and it still (snow).

3. Margaret, you (read) my letters, Don’t deny it.

4. I (read) the book you lent me but I (not/finish) it yet.

5. When I (come) home, Mother (make) breakfast and Father (have) his mother tea.

6. We (climb) for six hours already, but we (not/reach) the top of the mountain.

7. I (know) him very well. We (know) each other since I came to live in this house.

8. I must not let my eyes get all red and swollen, or Henry’ll know I (cry).

9. Where he (be)? – He (sit) at his desk. He (not/move) since she (leave).

10. A little boy (fall off) a ladder and (hurt) himself.

11. He (finish) the first part of his book and now he (write) the second.

12. Sorry I’m late. – That’s all right. I (not/wait) long.

13. I (meet) Ann at her father’s house twenty years ago and (know) her ever since.

14. I (make) my report when you (enter) the room.

15. Why your hair (be) wet? You (swim)?

Exercise 5. Translate into English.

1. Я его только что видела. Он переходил улицу. 2. Они уже приняли решение

(to take a decision) по этому вопросу? – Нет. Они все еще спорят (to argue). Они обсуждают этот вопрос уже два часа и еще не пришли ни к какому решению.

3. Последнее время вы больше работаете. 4. Утро было солнечным, но с одиннадцати погода изменилась, и сейчас идет дождь. 5. Когда он в последний раз написал вам? 6. Студенты пишут контрольную уже два часа. Пока только двое сдали работу. 7. Он тренирует эту команду всего два года, но они сделали большие успехи. 8. Мэри уже приехала? – Да, она уже здесь два дня. Она приехала в пятницу. 9. Мы ждем здесь с трех часов, и никто не сказал нам, что делать. 10. Вы плохо выглядите. Вы много работали на этой неделе? – Да. Я работаю над переводом уже десять дней, но сделал только половину.

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