Exercise 3.

Read the situations and write the sentences in the Present Perfect and Preset Perfect Continuous.

Example:

Tom is reading a book. He has started two hours ago and he is on page 53.

(he/read/for two hours) He has been reading for two hours.

(he/read/53 pages so far) He has read 53 pages so far. (so far - до сих пор, пока ещё, пока)

1. Linda is from Australia. Now she is traveling round Europe. She began her tour three months ago.

(she/travel/around Europe for three months)_______

(she/visit/six countries so far)___________________

2. Jimmy is a tennis champion. He began playing tennis when he was 11 years old. Now he has just won the national championship for the fourth time.

(he/play tennis/since he was 11)_____________

(he/win/ the national championship four times)__________

3. Bill and Andy make films. They start making films together when they left college.

(they/make/films since they left college)___________

(they/make/ten films since they left college)

Exercise 4. Put the verbs into the correct forms:

Example: I have lost (lost) my key. Can you help me look for it?

You look tired. Have you been working (you/work) hard?

1.Look! Somebody _______________(break) that window.

2.I _____________ (read) the book you gave me but I ___________ (not/finished) it yet.

3.'Sorry I'm late.' 'That's all right. I __________(not/wait) long.

4.Hello! I ______________ (clean) the windows. So far I _________ (clean) five of them and there are two more to do.

5.There is a strange smell here ________ (you/cook) something?

6.My brother is an actor. He __________ (appear) in several films.

Exercise 5. Put the verbs in the brackets into the Present Continuous or Present Perfect Continuous.

1. Maria _______________ (learn) English for two years.

2. Hello, Tom. I _______________ (look) for you all morning. Where have you been?

3. Why ___________________ (you/look) at me like that? Stop it!

4. We always go to Ireland for our holidays. We_________ (go) there for years.

5. I _____________ (think) about what you said and I've decided to take your advice.

6. " Is Ann on holiday this week? " " No, she _____________ (work).

7. Sarah is very tired. She _______________ (work) very hard recently.

Exercise 6. Circle the correct variant. Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous or Present Continuous

1. Have you read/Have you been reading that newspaper yet? Can I have it?

2. How long have you been cleaning/have you cleaned that car? Haven't you finished/ Have you been finishing it yet?

3. How long have you known/have you been knowing Rosa?

4. He is living/has been living in Manchester since 1990.

5. She has liked/has been liking you since she saw you at that party.

6. I'm sorry I'm late. How long have you been waiting/are you waiting?

7. I've played/I've been playing tennis twice this week.

8. It' s been raining/is raining here all morning. It started at eight.

Exercise 7. Choose the right variant:

1. Tom and Mary have been built/ have built/have been building the house for two years.

2. My parents have been/ have been being/were in Paris for a month.

3. I think the waiter has fogetting/ forget/has fogotten us. We wait/ have waited/ have been waiting for a half an hour and nobody has taken/has been taking/ took our order.

4. I don’t know if he has even been noticing/ noticed/has noticed us. He has been running/ run/has run from the table to table.

5. Are you hungry? No, I have eaten/ have been eating/ am eating all day.

6. I have been reading/ have read/ read today’s newspaper and there is an interesting article on pollution.

7. It has been snowing/ is snowing / was snowing since I have got up/got up.

8. Tom has been looked for/ has been looking for/ looked for an evening job since/ for a week.

9. Mary has been working/ has worked/ worked overtime since/ for the last month, so they will have enough money.

10. It’s a long time since/ for I have seen/ saw/ have been seeing your brother Paul.

11. He has been/ was/ has been being stange ever since he has had/ had/ has been having the accident.

12. He has been living/ lives/ has lived in this town since/for 1980.

13. Sue is listening/ was listening/ has been listening to music since/for she bought a CD player.

14. You look very guilty! What did you do/ have you been doing/ have you done?

15. How many books have you collected/ have been collecting/ collected for a year?

Exercise 8. Ask questions to the following sentences beginning “How long …? ”. Use the words in brackets in Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous.

1. It’s our wedding anniversary today. (be married)

2. Did you know that Renata wore contacts lenses? (wear, them)

3. Where were you? It’s ten past seven. (be, here)

4. Maxim and I are getting married next month. (know, him).

5. They live in London now. (live, there)

6. The job is very easy for me now. (work, here)

7. The children are in the garden. (be outside)

8. The boys are playing football. (they, do)

9. Richard is on a business trip. (be, away)

Exercise 9. Put ever, never, for, since, already, just, yet

a. He's worked there many years, 1986, I believe.

b. I have loved anyone as much as I love you.

c. We've known Paul two years. Have you met him?

d. I've known him we went to school together, but I've met his parents.

e. We have sold two hundred tickets and there is still a month to go before the concert.

f. I have visited New York. I’m looking forward to going.

g. Have you thought of learning to fly?

h. I have received my exam result. It came ten minutes ago.

i. Janet hasn’t finished with the camera. She needs it tomorrow.

Exercise 10. Make the questions:

a. How long __________ you __________ (live) in your town?

b. ___________ you ever __________ (drink) champagne?

c. How many foreign countries ___________ you ___________ (visit)?

d. Where ___________ you _________ (go) on holiday last year?

e. How long ____________ you ____________ (know) your best friend?