1. Переведите предложения:

1. By tonight he will have been working for three hours. 2. They will be discussing the problem for an hour by the time the teacher returns. 3. It is two o’clock now, and I have been working already for three hours; at five o’clock I shall have been working for six hours. 4. By next April he will have been living here for ten months.

Контрольные задания

Переведите предложения:

1. By tonight I shall have been working for seven hours. 2. They will have been discussing this problem for half an hour by the time I get there. 3. When I saw her last, she was wearing a nice dress. I don’t think she had been wearing it long. It looked quite new. 4. He says he had been studying French for three years before he came to work there. 5. I haven’t seen you since last year. What have you been doing? 6. Since when has the man been sitting there? 7. She says that she had been working in the office for three years before he came to work there. 8. I haven’t seen you since last year. 9. How long has this problem been under consideration? 10. I have known this man since my childhood. 11. It’s time for the children to have dinner. 12. They have been playing outside since early this morning. 13. I have been looking for the key the whole morning before I finally found it in my pocket. 14. How long has this question been under consideration? 15. Have you known the man long? – I have known him since his childhood. 16. Call the children in! They have been playing outside since early morning. 17. I’d been looking for my exercise-book the whole morning before I finally discovered it on the shelf. 18. She suddenly realized that it was now completely dark, and that she had been walking for a long time. 19.When I came into the bedroom, he had been sleeping for an hour. 20. He didn’t know how long he had been sitting in front of the fire. 21. The boy felt tired when he came home as he had been playing football. 22. She could see from the wet look of their costumes that they had been swimming. 23. I knew that the two women had been corresponding for many years. 24. He said that he had been working in an office since he returned from abroad. 25. Alice put down the flowers she had been holding since she came into the hall. 26. Age brings wisdom. 27. Look at the dog. He is following us. 28. By the end of the next year her son will have finished school. 29. I hope that by the end of winter I shall have learned to ski. 30.

2. Раскройте скобки и поставьте глаголы в нужную временную форму:

1. Jim is away on holiday. He (to go) to Spain. 2. Everything is going well. I (to have, not) any problems so far. 3. Linda has lost her passport again. It’s the second time this (to happen). 4. Where’s the book I gave you? What (to happen) to it? 5. We are good friends. We (to know) each other for a long time. 6. It’s two years I (to see, not) Jim. 7. They (to go) after lunch and they’ve just come back. 8. The Chinese (to invent) printing. 9. Ian (to live) in Scotland for ten years. Now he lives in London. 10. The man sitting next to me on the plane was nervous because he (to fly, not) before. 11. They (to have) a car when they lived in London? 12. I (to watch) television a lot but now I don’t. 13. Don’t let the boy stay out so long. He (to run about) for two hours and may catch a cold. 14. That young sportsman has had very good training. He (to play volley-ball) for hours and never (to stop) for a moment to rest. 15. He (to be away) for two weeks and you can’t blame him for the few mistakes that (to make) during his absence. 16. Our reply (to send) to you as soon as all the dates (to fix) finally. Some of them (to consider) yet. 17. Jim (to be unemployed) for half a year when he (to manage) to find work as a driver. 18. The travelers (to walk) through the forest for several hours when they (to discover) that they (to lose) their way. 19. When I got to my friend’s place, all his things (to pack). My friend (to say) that he (to wait) for me for a long time. 20. Why you (to wear) that strange-looking dress? – I (to wear) it for a month and nobody (to say) a word all this time.