XI. Fill in the missing words:

1. The two Houses do much of their work through ______ rather than on the floor.

2. Both parties in each house have their instrumentalities of control, including caucuses or conferences and “ steering committees”, in which decisions of ______ and strategy are made.

3. The number of Representatives from each state is based upon its ______.

4. There are elected every two years for______terms.

5. Congress decides upon______ and how money is spent.

6. There is ______ to the number of terms a Senator or a Representative may serve.

7. One third of the senators are elected every two years for_______ terms of office.

8. Each can also vote _____ legislation passed by the other.

9. Congress regulates ___ among the states and with foreign countries.

10. Congress also sets rules for the _____ of foreign citizens.

11. The candidate who wins the largest numbers of votes in a ______ is the winner.

congressional district, against, naturalization, commerce, two- yea, taxes, six- year, no limit, population, committees, party policy.

XII.When do we use the Present Perfect Continuous? Use the words in the box to complete the rules. (You won’t need all the words.)

past that moment going on no longer in progress future present

The Past Perfect Continuous Tense

1. Inclusive – denotes an action which began before a definite moment in the … , continued up to … and was still … at that movement. It is used with: since, for.

2. Exclusive – denotes an action which was … … at a definite movement in the past, but which had been … … not long before.

Example № 1 corresponds with the rule № … .

1. They could not go out because it had been raining since early morning for three hours.

Example № 2 corresponds with the rule № … .

2. I sobbed a little still, but that was because I had been crying, not because I was crying then.

XIII.Put the verb in brackets into the Past Perfect Continuous:

1. His order was the result of the ten years during which he (serve) in police.

2. ”I’m coming all right,” said the thief, who (shiver ) for the last twenty minutes.

3. I realized that he had come away with me in order to discuss once more what he already (discuss) for hours with his solicitor.

4. She made no sign, but her very immobility told something. I went over to her and quickly discovered that she (weep).

5. They( study) French for ten years, before they went to France.

6. Before I went for a work, it (rain) for an hour.

7. I was late and when I entered the hall the professor (speak) already for half an hour.

8. I (learn )English at school for seven years and now I’m learning it at the University.

XIV.Turn the following into the Past Perfect Continuous. Add other words indicating a past moment as in the model.

Model: He has been waiting for her for an hour. – He had been waiting for her for an hour when she came.

1. He has been working in CID for ten years.

2. They have been quarrelling for a long time.

3. The teenagers have been skating for an hour or two.

4. I have been wearing this uniform for four years.

5. My father has been serving in the army for a long time.

6. The students have been writing their compositions for twenty minutes.