The present perfect continuous tense

Утворюється за допомогою дієслова to be в Present Perfect та дієприкметника теперішнього часу основного дієслова

have, has + been + Ving

Виражає дію, що почалася в минулому та продовжується до теперішнього часу:

He has been learning English since September.

How long have you been waiting here?

We`ve been waiting here for over an hour.

He has been working hard during the whole week.

Tom has been driving for ten years.

How long have you been smoking?

Еxercises

35. You have to say how long something happening.

Model: It is raining now. It began raining two hours ago. –

It has been raining for two hours.

1. Kevin is studying. He began studying three hours ago. 2. I am learning English. I started learning English in December. 3. Ann is looking for her job. She began looking six months ago. 4. Mary is working in London. She started working there on 18 January. 5. George smokes. He started smoking five years ago. 6. I am doing this exercise. I began to do it a quarter of an hour ago. 7. Our teacher began to teach French fifteen years ago. He is still teaching it. 8. The boy is still sleeping. He fell asleep at ten o’clock. 9. They are still waiting for him. They began to wait at ten o’clock. 10. We are watching television. We began to watch an hour ago.

36. Put the verb into the correct form: Present Indefinite, Present Continuous, Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous.

1. Where are the pupils? – They (to plant) trees. They (to plant) them since the morning. They always (to plant) trees in October. They already (to plant) several hundred trees this year. 2. Ann (to have) her music lesson now. She (to have) her music lesson twice a week. 3. I am going to have a walk. I already (to do) all my home exercises. I (to do) them for three hours. 4. Since when they (to build) this house? 5. At last I (to find) the book I need. I (to look) for it for a quarter of an hour. 6. Don’t shout. Helen (to read) an English book. She (to work) at her English every day. She (to learn) this language for three years. She (to read) many English stories this year. 7. What you (to do) in the morning? 8. What you (to do) since the morning? 9. I (to lose) my key. Can you help me look for it? 10. You look tired. You (to work) hard? 11. Look! Somebody (to break) that window. 12. I (to read) the book you gave me but I (not to finish) it. 13. Sorry I am late. – That’s all right. I (not to wait) long. 14. Hello! I (to clean) the windows. So far I (to clean) five of them and there are two more to do. 15. There is a strange smell in here. You (to cook) something? 16. My brother is an actor. He (to appear) in several films. 17. He (to run) now. He (to run) for ten minutes without any rest. 18. Where he (to be) now? – He (to be) in the garden. He (to play) volley-ball with his friends. They (to play) since breakfast time. 19. This man (to be) a writer. He (to write) books. He (to write) books since he was a young man. . He already (to write) eight books. 20. Lena is a very good girl. She always (to help) her mother about the house. Today she (to help) her mother since morning. They already (to wash) the floor and (to dust) the furniture. Now they (to cook) the dinner together. 21. Wake up! You (to sleep) for ten hours already. 22. I (to wait) for a letter from my cousin for a month already, I (not to receive) it yet. 23. The weather (to be) fine today. The sun (to shine) since we got up. 24. Every day I (to wind) up my watch at 10 o’clock in the evening. 25. Where your gloves (to be)? – I (to put) them into the pocket.