Present perfect continuous and present perfect

I have been doing I have done

Длительное действие, которое началось в прошлом и продолжается до сих пор.

Законченное действие, когда нас интересует результат.

Ex. 106. For each situation, write two sentences using the words in brackets.

1. Tom started reading a book two hours ago. He is still reading it and now he is on page 13.

(read / for two hours) __He has been reading for two hours.__________

(read / 53 pages so far) ____He has read 53 pages so far._____________

2. Rachel is from Australia. She is traveling around Europe at the moment. She began her

trip three months ago.

(travell / for three months) __________________________________________________

(visit / six countries so far) __________________________________________________

3. Patrick is a tennis player. He began playing tennis when he was ten years old. This year

he is a national champion again – for the fourth time.

(win / the national championships / four times) __________________________________

(play / tennis since he was ten) _______________________________________________

4. When they left college, Lisa and Sue started making films together. They still make films.

(make / five films since they left college) ______________________________________

(make / films since they left college)__________________________________________

5. Laura started the washing machine up an hour ago. There are now 30 clean shirts in the

basket.

(wash / for an hour) _______________________________________________________

(wash / 30 shirts so far) ____________________________________________________

6. The tourist came into the old town two hours ago. He is leaving now with 60 new

photographs.

(take / 60 photographs) ____________________________________________________

(travelling / for two hours) _________________________________________________

Ex. 107. Put the verbs in brackets into present perfect or present perfect continuous.

1. Look! Somebody ________________(break) the window.

2. I wonder if John _________________(forget) my number. I ___________________(expect)

him to call for the past two hours.

3. You look very upset. What _______________________(happen)?

4. You ____________________(not finish) that book yet? You _________________________

read it for more than a week.

5. The meat must be nearly ready. I _________________________(cook) it for nearly an hour.

6. What you _____________________(do) for the last two hours? - I _____________________

(sit) here working at this problem.

7. I ________________(lose) my key. Can you help me look for it?

8. My brother is an actor. He _____________________(appear in several films).

9. Sorry! I’m late. – That’s all right. I ___________________________(not wait) long.

10. She just __________________(sell) two of her paintings. – She’s lucky. I _______________

(paint) for 5 years and I ____________________(not sell) a single picture yet.

11. He _____________________(sleep) since ten o’clock. It’s time he woke up.

12. I __________________(pump) up three tyres. Would you like to do the fourth?

13. That boy _______________ (eat) seven ice-creams.

14. That helicopter ____________________ (fly) round the house for the last hour; do you think

it’s taking photographs?

15. We ___________________ (walk) ten kilometers.

16. We ________________________(walk) for three hours.

17. I _____________________(work) for him for ten years and he never once say “Good

morning” to me.

18. The radio _____________________(play) since 7 a.m. I wish someone would turn it off.

19. He __________________(study) English for two years and doesn’t even know the alphabet

yet.