Упражнения для закрепления грамматики:

Exercise 1. Ответьте на вопросы, употребляя глаголы во временах группы Perfect Continuous.

1. How long have you been waiting for me? (for a long time)

2. How long had he been working when you came? (for two hours)

3. What shall we have been learning for six months by the end of the year? (English)

4. Who has been teaching English since last year. (my sister)

5. What had your father been doing for two hours till it began raining? (to repair the roof)

6. Why are you tired? (to work for several hours)

7. By what time will my mother have been working as a teacher for twenty-five years. (by next September)

Exercise 2. Поставьте следующие предложения в Past Perfect Continuous и Future Perfect Continuous, употребляя соответствующие обстоятельства времени.

1. I have been learning the new words for an hour, but I don’t remember them.

2. Jane has been writing letters to her friends since morning.

3. My father has been reading newspapers since he came back from his office.

4. It has been raining heavily all day long.

5. The boys have been playing football for two hours.

6. You have been speaking on the phone for half an hour already.

Exercise 3. Сделайте предложения отрицательными и задайте все возможные вопросы.

1. They have been watching TV programmes since morning.

2. We have been living in a new district of Minsk for two years.

3. They had been sitting in silence for a long time before he spoke.

4. My brother had been studying abroad for some years.

5. He will have been waiting for my telephone call all day long.

6. I shall have been waiting for Kate for an hour and not longer.

Exercise 4. Продолжите предложения, используя Present Future Perfect Continuous.

1. Alex is talking on the phone. He …

2. I am waiting for my friend. I …

3. It’s raining. It …

4. Bob is sitting in the waiting room. He …

5. I am trying to learn Greek. I …

6. He is learning to drive. He …

7. They are quarrelling. They …

8. The baby is crying. She …

9. I am living in the centre now. I …

10. He is listening to his favourite music. He…

Exercise 5. Постройте короткие диалоги по образцу.

Образец: - What are you doing?

• I’m writing a composition.

• How long have you been writing it?

• I’ve been writing it for about an hour.

• Have you written it?

• No, I haven’t.

Используйте следующие словосочетания: to translate an article, to clean the flat, to cook dinner, to do grammar exercises, to learn German words, to write a letter.

Exercise 6. Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в Present Perfect Continuous или Present Continuous.

1. - What you (to do), dear?

   • I (to wash up). I (to do) it for about an hour and you (to do) nothing all this time.

   • Why, I (to look) through the ads in the paper.

   • How long you (to look) through the ads in just one newspaper?

   • I (to do) it since you asked me at breakfast. I (to do) my best to find the cheapest dishwashing machine for you.

   • What the kids (to do)?

   • They (to watch) TV.

   • Tell them to go out for a walk. They (to watch) TV since they got up.

Exercise 7. Перефразируйте предложения, используя предлоги for / since и Present Perfect Continuous.

1. He began to learn English last year.

2. Mrs. Dobbs moved to Bath five years ago.

3. She started working at the book shop when she came to our town.

4. He began to drive his car when he received his driving license three months ago.

5. They went out to work in the garden after breakfast.

6. My brother started to repair the toaster at 10 o’clock.

7. They began to build the school building last June.

8. I started thinking about changing my job when they offered me a better paid one.

9. The students started to write their test an hour ago.

10. Did you begin smoking when you were 16?

Exercise 8. Составьте предложения исходя из данной ситуации. Используйте Past Perfect Continuous.

1. Mary came to the lesson late. She was out of breath. (to run)

2. Bill was excited. (to play hockey)

3. Steve and Kate looked unhappy and upset. (to quarrel)

4. We came into the room. There was a tasty smell. (Mary / to cook)

5. There were many books and text-books in the room. They were everywhere. (Kate / to prepare for the test)

6. She did very well in the examinations. (to study hard through the term)

7. He was behind the class. (not to study well)

8. The children were laughing. (John / to tell funny jokes)

9. He had a sore throat (to talk a lot)

10. Mary’s face was red. (to cry)

Exercise 9. Поставьте глаголы, стоящие в скобках, в Past Continuous или Past Perfect Continuous.

1. When I came home he (to sleep). He (to sleep) for some time.

2. It (to rain) when I left the house. It (to rain) hard during the whole morning.

3. She (to go) to this school for several years when his sister went there.

4. They (to sit) on the platform for 15 minutes before the train arrived.

Exercise 10. Составьте предложения исходя из ситуации по образцу.

Образец: We began singing. After an hour Mike came. – We had been singing for an hour when Mike came.

1. They started playing cards. After half an hour Pete rang up.

2. Liz and Paul went to live to London. A year later their daughter came to see them.

3. The children started playing hide-and-seek. After about 20 minutes Jack joined them.

4. We started preparing for the party. Half an hour later the taxi came.

5. They drove for two hours. Then they stopped.

6. He worked in this school for 5 years. Then he changed his job.

7. He walked for two hours. Then we understood that we had taken the wrong road.

Exercise 11. Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в Past Indefinite, Past Perfect или Past Perfect Continuous.

1. He (to work) there some time when that dreadful accident (to happen).

2. He told us they (to live) in this district since they had left Paris.

3. The poor woman complained she (to have) trouble with her eldest son for a long time.

4. They (to walk) in the garden for an hour when the storm broke out.

5. When we (to come) home, we (to find) that someone (to break) into the garage and (to steel) the car.

6. The young girl who (to look) at me ever since I had come into the room, suddenly rose and left.

7. By that time they already (to sleep) for two hours.

8. We were informed she (to learn) better since her parents (to have a talk) with her teacher.

Exercise 12. Раскройте скобки и поставьте глаголы в Future Perfect Continuous.

1. By next year we (to live) in this city for four hours.

2. When Ann gets her diploma she (to study) at the University for 5 years.

3. When Sam gets his driving license he (to drive) his car for three months.

4. By next term we (to read) this novel for two months.

5. Pete (to work) in this company for 10 years by next year.

Exercise 13. Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в соответствующем времени группы Indefinite, Continuous, Perfect или Perfect Continuous.

1. When morning came, the storm already (to stop), but the snow still (to fall).

2. Yesterday by 8 o’clock he (to finish) all his homework, and when I (to come) to his place at 9, he (to read).

3. We could not go out because it (to rain) hard since early morning.

4. Ring me up as soon as you (to come) home.

5. He (to begin) to write his composition at 3 o’clock. It is already 11, and he still (to write) it. He says he (to finish) it by 12.

6. Our train starts late in the evening, so if you (to come) at 7 o’clock, we still (to pack) our luggage.

7. Don’t enter the bedroom! The child (to sleep) there, and he always (to wake) up when somebody (to open) the door.

8. Where is your luggage? – I (to leave) it at the station. I (to take) it tomorrow when Nick (to come) to help me.

9. I (to read) about an hour when he (to come).

10. Yesterday I (to buy) a new pair of gloves, as I (to lose) the old ones.