II. Translate into English:

1. Почему ты здесь сидишь? – Я могу сидеть там, где мне нравится, не так ли? 2. Сколько времени вы здесь сидите? – Около часа. 3. Она больна уже неделю. 4. Ты внимательно слушаешь, Том? – Да, я могу повторить все, что вы сказали. 5. Я знаю его. Я знаю его уже три года. Он славный парень. 6. У нас не было такой жаркой погоды уже тридцать лет. 7. Подожди минутку, я должен вымыть руки. Я красил дверь на кухне. 8. Вы не видели его на этой неделе, да? – Да нет, видел, почти каждый день. 9. Я могу повидать мистера Тренга? – Мистера Тренга? Он не был здесь с понедельника. 10. Элен ищет Джона. Ты не видел его случайно? 11. Теперь, Эми, пей чай. Ты слишком много болтала. Твой чай стынет.

III. Complete the following sentences using the Present Perfect Continuous:

Model: A.: I'm cold because … (to swim). – I'm cold because I've been swimming for an hour.

B.: The meat is still though (to cook). – The meat is still though I've been cooking it since morning.

1. He is tired … (to run round the town looking for a birthday present). 2. He is soaked to the skin … (to stand in the rain). 3. I can't get through to him through … (to ring him up). 4. We are not at all tired though … (to dig in the garden). 5. Her face is flushed because … (to hurry to the station). 6. She isn't ready for the examination thought … (to read up). 7. She is angry with Harold thought … (to send her flowers). 8. I have a headache because … (to read too long).

IV. Make up your own sentences combining the word-phrases given below.

To build the theatre to discuss these problems to help with the work to teach somebody to happen to read to play tennis to snow hard to look for something to translate an article to cry to read to wait

for two years the whole month since she came to the office for years while I have been away long since lunch time since early morning since I returned this week for 2 hours all morning for twenty minutes

V. Make dialogues out of the following stories. Pay attention to the use of the Present Perfect Continuous Tense: a True Heart.

Mr. Crab asks his daughter why she doesn't want to marry Mr. Goodheart. He is sure that Mr. Goodheart really and truly loves the girl. The daughter is surprised to hear such a statement and asks her father how he knows. Mr. Crab explains to her that he has been borrowing money from Mr. Goodheart for half a year and Mr. Goodheart still comes to visit them.

Bad Manners.

The Mother gets angry with her daughter Jessie because she has interrupter her. She has told her a lot of times not to speak when older persons are talking. The girl should wait until she stops. Jessie is upset and says that she has been waiting for a long time and is beginning to despair.

Fame

A factory manager is speaking to a boy who applies for a job. He wants to know the boy's name. The boy's name is George. The manager askes then what the boy's surname is. When he hears that the boy's surname is Stevenson, he smiles and says that this is a well known name. The boy misunderstands the man and says that it's not a surprise to him because he has been delivering milk in this district for about six months.