Exercise 3. Insert the Present Perfect or the Present Perfect Continuous.

1. I (not to see) him since he came back from the East. (Greene)

2. "Ever since I was a young girl," said Miss Ley, "I (to try) not to take things seriously." (Maugham)

3. I will be your friend: I always (to like) you. (Ch. Bronte)

4. Your wife flies into a temper and stabs a man you (to work) with for over a year. (Hilton)

5. I (to want) for a long time to make you a little present, Bertha. (Maugham)

6. Lord Caversham (to wait) some time in the library for Sir Robert. (Wilde)

7. I (not to be) to England for sixteen years. (Maugham)

8. I suppose you know, Peggy dear, I (to be) awfully fond of you for quite a long time. (W. Locke)

9. It is highly probable you (to correspond) with him for the last three weeks... (James)

10. They (to yell) the news in the streets since two o'clock. (Conrad)

11. "How about playing a little something for me?" he said. "Oh, Lonnie! I (not to play) for ages. And I'll wake the children." (Benson)

12. The house (to be) in my charge for more than a year. (Du Maurier)

13. "I can't remember my aunt's address. We (not to hear) from her for years. (Christie)

Exercise 4. Open the brackets. Use the Past Continuous, the Past Indefinite, the Present Perfect or the Present Perfect Continuous.

1. Greg (return) at last. Mary (wait) for him so long.

2. Margaret, you (read) my letters. Don't deny it.

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

4. When you (discuss) it? I never (hear) the subject mentioned.

5. No, you can't go to the Smiths'. You (be) there twice this week.

6. Why, you (not/change) at all. I (recognize) you the moment I (see) you.

7. Terry (go) shopping already?

8. When you (go) to bed?

9. I (offer) to buy them out.

10. My dear girl, you (overeat) for years. You (lose) your looks, you (lose) your figure. You can't get back to normal overnight. Remember what doctor Lecter (tell) you on Monday.

11. I (see) her when I (drive) past their house on my way to work.

12. He (not / say) a single word to me yet and he (get) that letter on Sunday.

13. The children (talk) of nothing else for weeks.

14. And we (sing) together ever since that time.

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

Exercise 5. Insert the Present Continuous or the Present Perfect Continuous.

1. "Oh, Mr. Craddock, let me come near you," cried Mrs. Branderton, "I (to try) to get at you for twenty minutes." (Maugham)

2. I (to wait) here all the morning to see either her or Robert. (Tilde)

3. "What's the matter?" "The matter? The girl's ill. She (to die)." (Christie)

4. My dear girl, what you (to think) about now? (Beresford)

5. I (to think) so much about it since I received your letter. (Marryat)

6. I (to search) the streets of the city for you for two years and this is the first time I've admitted it even to myself. (B. Shaw)

7. I hear you (to look) for a new house. (Lindsay)

8. Of course, we have problems, but we (to learn) to handle them, and I must say, quite successfully. (Gow and D’Usseau)

9. When her voice ceased, he moved uneasily and said, "I (not to feel) well for the last ten days." (Conrad)

10. She (to feel) extraordinary well tonight. (Wells)

11. What else have I to live for but my children? It's you and the rest of them that I (to work) and (to plan) for all these years. (Dreiser)

Exercise 6. Translate the sentences into English.

1. Зачем вы на меня так внимательно смотрите? (Достоевский)

2. Пойдем, Виктор... Бабушка Броня нас ждет. (Семенихин)

3. А я вас давно жду, Елена... (Пермяк)

4. Вы меня оскорбляете... извольте выйти вон. (Тургенев)

5. Вот уже два года, как я живу с ней в одном доме. (Тургенев)

6. Что вы тут делаете?.. Букет вяжете? (Тургенев)

7. Она, верно, давно уже наблюдает за мной, ждет, когда я обернусь и замечу ее. (Тендряков)

8. Я уже три дня об этом думаю. (Достоевский)

Exercise 7. Open the brackets. Use the Present Indefinite, the Present Continuous, the Present Perfect or the Present Perfect Continuous.

1. Andy, you (hear) me? I (talk) to you for a minute already.

2. I want to see how much the place (change) since I was there last.

3. We (not/see) them ever since.

4. I don't want to take a cure at all. I am perfectly happy. All my life I (be) perfectly happy.

5. Here's my key. I (leave).

6. I (go) to the shops, (not/begin) cutting the material until I (come) back.

7. Wait till you (see) Moose and (talk) to him.

8. The children (live) with their aunt since their mother (be) ill.

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

10. The train (not/ arrive) yet but a lot of people (stand) on the platform.

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

12. He says he (listen) to the same tunes for fifteen years.

13. Earthquakes (rock) the surface in different parts of the world from time to time.

14. What are you going to say to the President, if he (ask).

15. "Dear little Hans," cried Rotten, "I'm in great trouble. My little boy (fall off) a ladder and (hurt) himself."

16. "You (hear) that Walter (ask) Mary to marry him?" - "Again? He (ask) her three times so far. And she obstinately (refuse) him all this time. She (accept) at last?"

17. "This other gentleman," cried Mr.Pickwick, "is, as you will see when you (read) the letter... a very near relative, or I should rather say a very particular friend of your son's."

18. He (be) here for six years. He (do) a lot to help things change.

19. My good man, Signora Lollobridgida (be) a head nurse in general to all of us.. She (look) after sick people ever since she was in short frocks, and (do) it better than any sister of mercy I (know). I needn't leave any directions if she (come).

20. Things (not/be) the same since the British went.

21. Your attitude (puzzle) me for some time now. Why you (look) at me like that? I (speak) about your last article. What (make) you write all those awful accusations?