Ex.21. In pairs, ask and answer questions
Model:
Valerie, run the hotel, since last year.
- Has Valerie been running the hotel since Mr. Norris retired?
- How long has Valerie been running the hotel? - She has been running it since last year.
2. People, use the telephone, 1876. – ____________________________________
3. People, watch television, the late 1930s. – ______________________________
4. People, print newspapers, the early 1600s. – ____________________________
5. People in Japan, travel by “bullet trains”, 1964. – ________________________
Ex.22. Make up sentences using the Present Perfect Continuous to indicate the recent activities of the person or temporary effects. You can use the prompts in the list below.
To eat pasta with ketchup, to wash the car; to play in the mud; to write for three hours/all morning; to run; to lie in the sun for too long
1. Look! Little Stella has lipstick and mascara all over her face.
- She has been playing with her mother’s cosmetics.
2. You are wet through. What have you been doing? – I ___________________ .
3. Look! Her skin is sunburned. – She ________________.
4. You have ketchup on your face. - __________________.
5. My hand is tired. - _______________.
6. The little boy is dirty from head to foot. - ____________.
Ex.23. Read these sentences and arrange them into two columns according to what they describe or indicate:
A) the duration of an action which started in the past and continues up to the present;
B) the recent activities of the person or temporary effects.
1. Mum, you’ve been baking something. I can smell it.
2. The lift hasn’t been working since morning.
3. I’ve been renting this flat for two years.
4. Sharon and Kenny look angry. Maybe they’ve been arguing.
5. I’m out of breath. I’ve been running all the way here.
6. How long have you been going out together?
7. Your eyes are red. Have you been crying? – No, I’ve been cutting onions.
8. We’ve been looking for a flat for ages.
9. It’s very late. Why aren’t you in bed? – I can’t sleep. Our neighbour’s dog has been barking for the last two hours.
10. You two look so exhausted. What have you been doing? - We’ve been sightseeing in the town.
11. We’ve been walking all afternoon. My feet are killing me.
Ex.24. Correct the mistakes if there are any.
1. They are been travelling for two weeks.
2. I’ve thinking about you all week.
3. I can’t say exactly how long I have been knowing Simon.
4. She have been making phone calls all morning.
5. He has been being ill for a couple of weeks.
6. It has been raining all day. I wonder when it will stop.
7. They have been hearing to music for two hours.
8. Mr. Robinson is working in the same place for over thirty years, and he is not planning to retire.
9. Do you have a driving license? – Yes. I have been having it for four years now.
10. I’m not surprised Katie has failed her exam. She has been not working hard recently.
11. You’re so red! How long were you sunbathing? All morning? – I haven’t been sunbathing. I’ve been reading in the sun.
Ex.25. Translate into English.
1. Пробачте. Що запізнився. Потрапив у затор (be stuck in a traffic jam/heavy traffic). Ви давно чекаєте? – Ні, всього хвилин десять.
2. Я увесь ранок копіюю ці папери, і ще не закінчила.
3. Марк стомився. Він увесь ранок фарбував ворота в гаражі.
4. Ти цілий ранок намагаєшся відремонтувати (fix) свій мотоцикл.
5. Уже півроку, як Том і Мері будують цей будинок.
6. Ми з Білом друзі. Ми знаємо один одного років десять.
7. Шерон, я просто з ніг валюсь (be ready to drop). Ми весь день з тобою ходимо магазинами, але так нічого й не купили.
8. Люди літають літаками з 1803 року.
9. Джесіка, у тебе очі червоні. Ти плакала?
10. Ти наскрізь змок (be wet through). Йшов без парасольки?
THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS versus THE PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
Ex.26. Read and compare the sentences:
Laura, the baby is crying. - She has been crying for almost ten minutes. I can’t do anything.
Complete the situations in 1-4 like in the sentences above and explain the difference between them.
1. It’s raining. – Indeed, it ___________________.
2. He is sleeping. - But he _______________.
3. Who are you waiting for? - The designer. I _________________.
4. Sorry, I can’t help you with your homework. I am revising for my exam. ________________________.
THE PRESENT PERFECT versus THE PRESENT PERFECT CONTNUOUS