I’ve been working He’s been working I haven’t been working He hasn’t been working

The Present Perfect Continuous Tense.

Inclusive: denotes an action which began in the past, has been going on up to the present and still going on. It is usually used with: -since, for I have been learning English for 10 years.(It is rendered in Russian by the present.)

Exclusive: denotes an action which was recently in progress, but is no longer going on at the present moment. There are puddles everywhere. It has been raining hard.

Ex.6.Put the verb in brackets into the Present Perfect Continuous.

1.I (work) on this problem for two months.2. She (sleep) all this time? 3. “Are there any news about your latest project?” – “I just (tell) about it.” 4. He says he (not/ feel) well for the past week. 5. I (not/ sleep) well for months. 6.We (see) each other regularly since the party at Helen’s.7. “Jack isn’t working now.” – “He (not/work) for years.”

Ex.7.Make up sentences using the Present Perfect Continuous.

Example: Suzy is in her riding boots (she/ride) – She has been riding.

1.Have a rest now.(you /work too hard/ lately) ... ... ...

2.You are shivering(you / stand / in this cold / long?)... ... ...

3.Her hands are red and wet. (she / scrub /the floors / for three hours)

4.The children are quite voiceless.(they / sing at the top of their voices/ since morning )

Ex.8. Translate into English.

1. Сенің мені күткеніңе көп болды ма? 2. Сіздің аяғыңыз қашаннан бері ауырады? 3. Ол үш сағат бойы жұмыс жасап жатыр. 4. Мен испан тілін қыркүйектен бері үйреніп келемін. 5. Анна жұмысты алты ай бойы іздеп жүр. 6. Менің ағам он жыл темекі тартады. 7. Олар Манчестерде 1- наурыздан бастап жұмыс жасайды. 8. Сен қай жастан бастап шахмат ойнап жүрсің? 9.Сіз бұл қалада қашаннан бері тұрасыз?

Ex.9.Use the Present Continuous or the Present Perfect Continuous.

1. He had barely entered the room when his secretary said: ” Somebody (ring) for you for the last five minutes.” 2. I (read) Shakespeare in your absence and now I (try) to learn this beautiful sonnet. 3.”What the children (do)? ”- “ They (play) games all morning and now they (learn) to tell time by the position of the sun.”4. Many people believe that our climate (change) very markedly. 5. I (collect) the pictures with bridges since I graduated from the University.

БӨЖ тапсырмалары:

Read the text “At school for 17 hours a day” and do ex. a,b,c. p40. (Clive Oxenden, Christina Latham-Koenig, English File, Intermediate, Oxford University Press 1997)

Unit 5 Theme: Sport in our life Grammar: The Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Objectives: By the end of this unit, students should be able to use active vocabulary of this theme in different forms of speech exercises.

Students should be better at discussing sport in our life.

Students should know the rule of Past Perfect Continuous.

Methodical instructions: This theme must be worked out during three lessons a week according to timetable.

Lexical material: Introduce and fix new vocabulary on theme “Sport in our life”. Discuss in groups the role of sport. Speak about the importance of keeping fit.

Grammar: Revise the Past Perfect Simple Tense and Participle I. Introduce and practice the Past Perfect Continuous Tense.

What makes all people kin

People all over the world are very fond of sports and games. That is one thing in which people of every nation­ality and class are united.

The most popular "outdoor" winter sports are shooting, hunting, hockey and, in the countries where the weather is frosty and there is much snow —skating, skiing and tobogganing. Some people greatly enjoy figure-skating and ski-jumping.

Summer, affords excellent opportunities for, swimming, boating, yachting, cycling, gliding and many other sports. Among outdoor, games football takes the first place in public interest; this game is played in all the countries of the world. The other games (that have firmly established themselves in favour, in different countries are golf, lawn-tennis, cricket, volley-ball, basket-ball, and so on. Bad­minton is also very popular.

All the year, round many people indulge in boxing, wrestling, athletics, gymnastics and track and field events. Scores of young girls and women go in for calisthenics’.

Among indoor games the most popular are billiards, table, tennis, draughts and some others, but the great international game is chess, of course. The results of chess tournaments are studied and discussed by thousands of enthusiasts in different countries.

So we may say that sport is one of the things that makes all people kin.

Topical vocabulary

1.	archery n	садақпен ату
2.	artistic gymnastics (cal­listhenics)	көркем гимнастика
3.	boxing n	бокс
4.	car (motorcycle) racing	мотожарыс
5.	cycling n	велоспорт
6.	diving n	дайвинг (сүңгу)
7.	fencing n	фехтование (қылыштасу)
8.	figure-skating n	мәнерлеп сырғанау
9.	gliding n.	планеризм
10.	gymnastics n.	гимнастика
11.	mountaineering n.	альпинизм
12.	rowing and canoeing	байдаркада есу
13.	skating n	конькимен жүгіру спорты
14.	skiing n	шаңғы спорты
15.	ski – jump n	фристайл
16.	sky diving (parachuting)	парашюттан секіру
17.	swimming n	жүзу
18.	weight-lifting n	ауыр атлетика
19.	windsurfing n	серфинг
20.	wrestling n	күрес
21.	yachting	яхта спорты
22.	hurdle races	кедергілер арқылы секіру
23.	marathon n	марафон
24.	pole vault (vaulting)	қадамен секіру
25.	race/ run n	жеңіл атлетика
26.	barbell n	штанга
27.	beam n	брус
28.	chessboard n	шахмат тақтасы
29.	draughtsman n	шашка
30.	trampoline n	батут

Ex.1. Suggest the Kazakh for:

1. archery n

2. car (motorcycle) racing

3. pole vault (vaulting)

4. beam n

5. chessboard n

6. rings n

7. puck n

8. sky diving (parachuting)

9. weight-lifting n

10.windsurfing n

11.wrestling n

12.yachting

13.hurdle races

14.marathon n

15. gliding n.

16.hang gliding n.

17.mountaineering n.

18.rowing and canoeing

19.fencing n

20. figure-skating n

21. diving n

22.barbell

Ex.2.Fill in the gaps with the words given in brackets.

1. The most popular "outdoor" winter sports are ... ... ... .

2. Summer affords excellent opportunities for... ... ... .

3. Among outdoor games ... takes the first place in public interest; this game is played in all the countries of the world.

4. Among indoor games the most popular are... ... ... ... .

5. The results of chess you tournaments are ... ... by thousands of enthusiasts in different countries.

(swimming, boating, yachting; studied and discussed; football; billiards, table, tennis, draughts; skating, skiing, hockey;)

Ex. 3. Study Active Vocabulary and name:

1. as many kinds of sport as you can; b) some open-air games; c) sortie indoor games.

Ex.4. Speak on each kind of sport on the list below; briefly describe. Say a few words about its advantages and attractive features:

mountaineering, rowing, yachting, hockey, tennis, basket-ball, volley-ball,-chess, boxing, wrestling, fencing, artistic gymnastics, figure-skating, skiing, skating, ski jumping, sky-diving