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, archery, discus throwing, wind­surfing, steeplechase, marathon.

Ex.5. Write 10 questions about the text .

Grammar: The Present Perfect Continuous Tense.

Affirmative	Negative	Interrogative
I have been working He has been working She has been working It has been working We have been working You have been working They have been working	I have not been working He has not been working She has not been working It has not been working We have not been working You have not been working They have not been working	Have I been working? Has he been working? Has she been working? Has it been working? Have we been working? Have you been working? Have they been working?

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.7.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.8.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.9. Translate into English.

1. Ты давно меня ждешь? 2.Как давно у вас болит нога? 3. Он занимается уже три часа. 4.Я учу испанский с сентября. 5. Анна ищет работу шесть месяцев. 6.Мой брат курит десять лет. 7. Они работают в Манчестере с 1 марта. 8.С какого возраста ты играешь в шахматы? 9. Как давно вы живете в этом городе?

Ex.10.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.

Unit 5

TRAVELLING

Text: Travelling

Grammar: The Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Практические цели: Ознакомление лексического материала по теме " Travelling " и закрепление активной лексики в речевых упражнениях, развитие умений и навыков монологической речи. Введение новой грамматической темы: “The Past Perfect Continuous Tense Modal verbs ” и выполнение грамматических упражнений на закрепление.