- •Module I (Present Tenses)
- •Spelling Rules
- •Pronunciation
- •Adverbs of Frequency
- •Exercises
- •Where are Jack and Mary now?
- •Exercises
- •To have
- •Exercises
- •Home task
- •Spelling Rules
- •Time Expressions
- •Exercises
- •Home task
- •The Present Simple Tense – The Present Continuous Tense
- •State Verbs
- •Home task
- •What has happened to this boy?
- •Time Expressions
- •Exercises
- •Home task
- •Time Expressions
- •Exercises
- •Home task
- •Exercises
Home task
Exercise 71. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Perfect Continuous tense.
I (make) cakes. That is why my hands are all covered with flour.
He (overwork). That is why he looks so tired.
What you (do)? – I (work) in the laboratory.
How long you (wait) for me? – I (wait) about half an hour.
How long you (wear) glasses?
You (not eat) enough lately. That's why you feel irritable.
I (shop) all day and I haven't a penny left.
The children (look) forward to this holiday for months.
That pipe (leak) for ages. We must get it mended.
Someone (use) my bicycle. The chain's fallen off.
How long you (drive)? – I (drive) for ten years.
Mary (cry)? – No, she (not cry), she (peel) onions.
He walked very unsteadily up the stairs and his wife said, 'You (drink)!'
You usually know when someone (eat) garlic.
Ever since he came to us that man (try) to make trouble.
Exercise 72. Fill in the blanks with the suitable verbs from the box. Use the correct form of the verb.
e.g – Robert ___ money for three years to buy a new car.
– Robert has been saving money for three years to buy a new car.
Do, listen, iron, repaper, spend, study, train, type, wash, work |
1. Tom ___to the radio all morning.
2. Susan ___ the clothes for the last thirty minutes.
3. Barbara ___the kitchen for the last three weekends.
4. The secretary ___the letters since she came to the office in the morning.
5. Mother ___dishes since the dinner ended.
6. The children ___homework since they came from school.
7. The team ___hard this year.
8. Bob ___ as a taxi driver for many years.
9. Ann ___Spanish for at least two years.
10. You ___a lot of money recently.
Exercise 73. Use the words in brackets to form a question using the Present Perfect Continuous.
e.g. – So you work in a bank now, (How long/work/there)
– How long have you been working there?
You're thinking of emigrating, are you? (How long/think/do that)
Mary looks bored. (Who/talk to/all evening)
I like Ann's new boyfriend. (How long/go out together)
Have you just arrived? You look wet. (It/rain)
John, you look pretty drunk. (What/drink)
So you've changed jobs since I last saw you. (Where/work/ since then)
We haven't seen each other for ages. (How/get on/since we last met)
Peter looks hot. (Dance)
So your girlfriend hasn't arrived yet. (How long/wait for her)
What strange clothes Mary's wearing. (Wear them/for long)
Exercise 74. Complete the following, using the Present Perfect Continuous.
My hands are covered with flour. I ... .
He looks pale. He ....
He doesn't know the English alphabet though he ... .
Oh, here you are at last, I ....
Let me drive now. You ... .
I am sorry for keeping you waiting, I ... .
You feel tired because you ... .
I can't believe it's the end of the line. We ... .
It's my last exam of this term. I ... .
Can we change the music to the one I like? You ... .
Everybody is enjoying the party and I am exhausted. I....
Your time is up, kids, you ... .
You all stopped talking when I came in. I'm sure you ... .
Brian, you smell of tobacco. You ... .
The boy is dirty from head to foot. He ....
Exercise 75. Translate the following sentences.
1. Як довго ти читаєш цю книжку?
2. Моя сестра вивчає англійську мову вже три роки.
3. Вона виглядає стомленою. Гадаю, вона знову читала цілу ніч.
4. Покличте дітей обідати. Вони граються на подвір’ї з самого ранку.
5. – Як довго ти вже водиш машину? – Три роки. Я купила її, коли переїхала в це місто.
6. – Чому ти виконуєш цю вправу так довго? – Я вже закінчую її.
7. – Ви вже довго чекаєте автобуса? – Ні, я тільки-но підійшов.
8. Я прала цю сукню весь ранок, але плями так і залишились.
9. – Ольга виглядає такою збудженою. – Вона складала екзамен з історії.
10. М’ясо ще тверде, хоч я його варю вже дві години.
PART VII
Present Forms | |||
The Present Simple Tense |
The Present Continuous Tense |
The Present Perfect Tense |
The Present Perfect Continuous Tense
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e.g. She works in a bank.
e.g. The sun rises in the east. |
e.g. He is spending the week with his mother.
e.g. She is getting more and more impatient. |
e.g. She has dyed her hair black. (The action is complete – her hair is now dyed black -evidence in the present) |
e.g. She has been doing her homework for an hour. (She started an hour ago and she's still doing it.) |
e.g. He always goes to bed at 11 o'clock. (Here "always" means every day.) |
e.g. He's always getting into trouble. (Here "always" means constantly.) |
e.g. He has bought a house. (Now he owns a house.) He has just returned from Paris, (stated time reference) |
e.g. He has been running. That's why he's out of breath.
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e.g. Smythe serves the ball and Lanyon misses it... |
e.g. The sun is shining now. He is studying for the exams. |
e.g. I have lost weight recently. |
e.g. She has been using my make-up, (annoyance) |
e.g. The train leaves at 8.00.
e.g. There goes the bus!
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e.g. I'm going to the theatre this evening.
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e.g. He has seen three films this week. She has had four cups of coffee since she woke up.
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e.g. He has been feeling unwell for days. |
Time expressions usually used with Present Forms | |||
The Present Simple Tense |
The Present Continuous Tense |
The Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous Tenses | |
every day/week/month/ year, usually, sometimes, always, rarely, never, often, in the morning/ evening/afternoon, at night, on Mondays etc |
now, at the moment, at present, nowadays, today, tonight, always, still etc |
just, ever, never, already, yet (negations & questions), always, how long, so far, recently, since (= from a starting point in the past), for (= over a period of time), today, this week/month etc For and since are usually used with Present Perfect Continuous to emphasise the duration of an action. |
Stative verbs express a permanent state rather than an action and are not used in the continuous forms. These are: verbs of the senses used to express involuntary actions (feel, hear, see, smell, taste etc), verbs of feelings and emotions (adore, detest, dislike, enjoy, forgive, hate, like etc), verbs of opinion (agree, believe, suppose, understand etc) and other verbs (belong, concern, depend, know, mean, own, possess, need, prefer, want etc)
e.g. I see someone coming, She hates pop music. I don't agree with you. He knows a lot about computers.
Note: feel and hurt can be used in either continuous or simple forms.
e.g. She feels/is feeling better.
Look, watch and listen express deliberate actions and can be used in continuous forms.
e.g. He is listening to some records.
Some stative verbs (be, love, see, smell, taste, think etc) have continuous forms but there is a difference in meaning.
STATE |
ACTION |
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