Language use

Exercise 14. Make sentences with the Present Perfect Continuous using for / since

If necessary.

1. I / study English/ two years.

2. You/ read that novel / months.

3. You/ wait/ a long time?

4. How long / she/ live there?

5. How long / she/ stay in that hotel?

6. I/ rent this flat / about three years.

7. How long/ they/ go out together?

8. The lift / not work/ 10 pm.

9. She / not teach aesthetics / a long time.

Exercise 15. Use the verbs in brackets inPresent Perfect Continuous.

1. I’m tired. I ......................(work) on the shooting schedule all afternoon.

2. The owners..........................(restore) the old house since last year.

3. I think Maggie and Max are dating. They...........................(go) out together a lot recently.

4. We know a perfect place to have a rest and we .......................(go) there a lot for some years now.

5. What ...............................(you / do) for such a long time?

6. Sue .........................(not / feel) too well lately.

7. Where have you been? I..................................(wait) for ages.

8. He...................................(write) his essay since early morning.

Exercise 16.Complete with a verb from the list in Present Perfect Continuous.

watch, cry, play, work, do

1. Your eyes are red. _______you _________?

• Yes. I __________________a sad film.

2. You look tired. What _________you __________?

• I ______________in the garden with the children.

3. Your partner and you look like old friends.

• Yes. We ______________ together for pretty long.

Exercise 17.Fill in the gaps using Present Perfect Continuous.

1. Come in! We (speak) about you.

2. How long you (sit) here?

3. It (rain) since morning, and we cannot go out.

4. She (design) sets since 1998.

5. She (wait) for us for a long time.

6. They (watch) me all the time. I don’t like it.

7. What you (do) since I last saw you?

8. He (work) as a stuntman since he left school.

Exercise 18. Translate into English using Present Perfect Continuous.

1. Мой дядя пишет стихи с детства.

2. Мой папа работает художником-оформителем с 1998 года.

3. Мы изучаем английский язык не с 2012 года. Мы его уже гораздо дольше учим.

4. Они уже несколько лет занимаются компьютерной анимацией.

5. Он учит монолог Гамлета уже два дня.

6. Она не 20 минут разговаривает по телефону. Она болтает уже минут 40.

7. Директор картины с утра составляет график съёмок.

8. Они с трех часов пытаются рассчитать смету.

9. Они репетируют эту сцену уже полтора часа.

10. Мы арендуем этот павильон не с четверга. Мы арендуем его с пятницы.

11. Всё это время спор вращается вокруг финансовых вопросов.