The present perfect tense

Ex. 45 Change the following sentences into disjunctive questions

1. Mary has left early, _________? 2. Helen has been here since morning, _______? 3. He hasn’t left yet, _________? 4. He has lived in Rostov for a long time, ________? 5. She hasn’t cleaned the room today, _________? 6. She has learned a lot of new words this year, __________? 7. It has stopped raining, ____________? 8. The weather has changed again, ___________?

Ex. 46 Ask questions to the following sentences.

Model: I have been here since morning. – How long have you been here? How long is it since you came here?

1. I haven’t seen her for many years. How long _______________________

2. He hasn’t visited his friends for two months. How long is it _____________

3. She has lived in London since 2008. __________________________

4. She hasn’t rung me up since she left for Moscow. _____________________

5. She has stayed here for a fortnight. ____________________________

6. Nick has been in the lab since 9 o'clock. ___________________________

Ex. 47 Make up sentences of your own, using the following phrases.

a) since childhood, since last year, since Monday, since 2000, since last September, since then, since my trip to Moscow, since 2 o'clock, since summer, since morning;

b) since we met, since I saw this film, since she told me her story, since I finished school, since I found out these facts;

c) for a couple of weeks, for a few days, for several hours, for a month, for almost a year, for three months;

d) never, lately, of late, just, ever, already, yet.

Ex. 48 Translate into English.

1. Я еще не сделала работу. 2. Я еще не устала. 3. Я уже не голодна. Я уже позавтракала. 4. Я уже знаю новости. Я уже слышала новости. 5. Я уже готова слушать вас. Я уже все приготовила. 6. Комната уже чистая. Я уже убрала комнату. 7. Родители уже дома. Они уже пришли. 8. Сестры еще нет дома. Она еще не пришла. 9. Сейчас уже довольно тепло. Последнее время потеплело. 10. Дождь все еще идет. Дождь уже начался. 11. Дождь уже закончился. Дождь больше не идет.

Ex. 49 Write since or for in the following sentences.

a) 1. I’ve had nothing to eat ____ two hours. I've had nothing to eat ____ breakfast. 2. He hasn’t had a holiday ____ last year. He hasn't had a holiday ____ two years. 3. His wife hasn’t bought new clothes ____ two months. His wife hasn’t bought new clothes ____ last summer. 4. He has been learning English ____ he was nine. He has been learning English ____ ten years already. 5. John has been in Italy ____ a few days. He has been there ____ June 10.

b) 1. Mary has been in London _____ the middle of June. 2. She is going to be in London ______ two weeks. 3. We shall not stay here ______ a long time. 4. We haven’t been there _____ last summer. 5. It has been raining ______ nine o'clock. 6. We have had no rain ______ two weeks. 7. He hasn't written to me ______ two months. 8. I have been reading ______ breakfast. 9. He has been waiting ______ half an hour.

Ex. 50 Write ago or since in the following sentences.

1. I've been reading this book ________ last Sunday. 2. I finished reading this book two days_______. 3. I haven't seen you ______ March. 4. We saw Mary a week _____. 5. They have been students _____ September. 6. They graduated from University several years ______.

Ex. 51 Use correct verb forms in the following sentences.

1. Ann __________ (live) in London since last year. 2. She ___________ (live) there for three months already. 3. They __________ (go) to Greece two years ago. 4. John and Mary _________ (be) married since June. 5. I ___________ (read) this book long ago. 6. We _____________ (have) a lot of rain since October. 7. There ______ (be) little rain two months ago. 8. I ___________ (not see) him for a long time.

Ex. 52 Put in from ... to, until, since, for.

1. They lived in the Caucasus ____ 1990 ____ 1998. 2. They lived in the Caucasus _____ they came to Rostov. 3. She has lived in Rostov _____ last summer. 4. She has learned English ______ five years. 5. Our classes usually finish at 6 but sometimes they last ______ 7 o'clock in the evening. 6. Next week we are leaving ______ a few days. 7. They are good friends. They have known each other ______ childhood. 8. They have classes ______ Monday _____ Saturday. 9. She stayed at the party _______ midnight. 10. She got up late. She stayed in bed ______ 10 o'clock. 11. I want to watch the news ______ some minutes. 12. I haven't seen them ______ last weekend.

Ex. 53 Complete the following sentences using adverbial modifiers of time.

1. They lived in Moscow ________________________

2. She worked ______________, now she is a student.

3. They have been friends ______________________

4. Ann was in London _________________________

5. We waited for them _________________ but they didn’t come.

6. We have been waiting for them ________________, here they are at last.

7. Don’t tell her the news ________________

Ex. 54 Put in long ago, for a long time, last time, lately, of late.