Exercise 13. Ask questions to the following sentences.

Example: It has been raining.

Since when has it been raining?

How long has it been raining?

1. It is snowing.

2. He is waiting for the train.

3. Her son is watching TV.

4. His daughter is drawing a picture.

5. She is practising the piano.

6. They are discussing the same problem.

7. I'm trying to find that book.

8. He is solving a math problem.

9. Her mother is cooking dinner.

10. The boys are fighting.

11. The girls are playing with their dolls.

12. The painter is drawing a portrait.

13. The journalist is writing an article.

14. He is composing some music.

15. The baby is crying.

Exercise 14. Answer the questions in the negative and extend your answers.

Example: Have you read "The Fairy Tales" by Oscar Wilde?

No, we haven't yet. We are still reading them. We have been reading them since the beginning of the term.

1. Has Mother made a cream cake?

2. Have you learned the poem "The Twilight" by heart?

3. Have the students copied exercise 4?

4. Have you done your hair at last?

5. Have you finished studying The Perfect Tenses?

6. Have you collected material for your scientific work?

7. Have you repaired my laptop?

8. Has Mary done the flat?

9. Has he written his report on Byron?

10. Has Mother washed up after the party?

Exercise 15. Make up sentences from the words given below. Then look at the short answers and write the questions.

Example: a) He/to wait/two hours/already.

He has been waiting for two hours already.

b) For two hours.

How long has he been waiting?

1. a) I/to ring them up/all morning.

b) My parents

2. a) He/to smoke/thirty years.

b) Thirty years

3. a) He/to walk his dog/half an hour/in the park.

b) In the park

4. a) Her dog/to bark/all day.

b) My neighbour's.

5. a) It/to rain/we arrived.

b) Since we arrived.

6. a) He/to talk on the phone with Chicago/all day.

b) With Chicago.

7. a) They/to try/to fix a car/for days.

b) Their car.

8. a) Tony/to look for his glasses/morning.

b) Tony.

9. a) Brian/to read up for his exam/May.

b) For his exam.

10. a) Carol/to look for a job/she came to this city.

b) Carol.

11. a)They/to repair the road/last Wednesday.

b) The road.

Exercise 16. Use the Present Perfect Progressive instead of the infinitives in brackets.

1. I (not to sleep) for twenty three hours.

2. She (to work) in the library for the last five hours.

3. We just (to speak) about you.

4. What you (to do) in my absence?

5. Who (to watch) us?

6. He (to stay) here for three months; and I think my father (to entertain) him too long.

7. She (to have) a toothache since morning.

8. They (to play) football for two hours.

9. She (to dance) since yesterday evening.

10. Where you (to sit) all this time?

11. She (to tell) a lot of lies about me, I'm sure.

12. What you (to talk) about since I left?

Exercise 17. Supply the Present Perfect or the Present Perfect Continuous.

1. They _______ all young trees in the park (plant). The job is done.

2. They _______ young trees in the park since morning. (plant)

3. The children _______ the fir-tree (decorate). You can see it now.

4. Our parents _______ the fir-tree all evening (decorate). They are still in the drawing-room.

5. He _______ the tape-recorder (repair) and has just begun to use it.

6. He _______ the tape-recorder (repair) himself since morning and hopes to finish it soon.

7. Mary is still in the kitchen. She _______ it all morning. (clean)

8. Mary _______ the kitchen (clean) and now it looks tidy and nice.

9. I _______ a lot of material for my paper (collect), so I am ready to write it.

10. I _______ some material for my paper since November (collect) and I'm only half-way through.

Exercise 18. Say, if these sentences are grammatically right or wrong. Correct the ones which are wrong.

1. I am waiting here for an hour.

2. They have been married since January.

3. How long do you know Ann?

4. Ann has a bad cold for the last few days.

5. My brother is studying languages for two years.

6. I always live in London.

7. She works in Sheffield since February.

8. We are friends since childhood.

9. It has been raining for weeks.

10. They have been having problems with the children lately.

11. He has written two articles for a week.

Exercise 19. Supply the Present Continuous, the Present Perfect or the Present Perfect Continuous.

1. It (to snow) heavily. It (to snow) since Monday. The heavy snowfalls (to make) the roads impassable.

2. She speaks a very good English. No wonder, she (to study) English since her childhood.

3. Where is Mike? He (to pack) his kit-bag. Oh dear, isn't he ready yet? He (to pack) it since the very morning and (not to finish) packing it yet.

4. I (to listen) to this record for half an hour but I can't understand all the words yet.

5. You (to be) here for two weeks. you (to change) your opinion of the South?

6. Your friend is fond of you. He (to talk) of you very much these days.

7. Look! My son (to drive) a car for the first time in his life.

8. We (to go) to the pictures twice a month lately.

9. I (not to hear) from him since autumn.

10. My mother doesn't work. She (to be) retired for two years.