Present Perfect Continuous
Positive Question
Negative
Употребление: 1) для обозначения действия, которое началось в прошлом, развивалось некоторое время и закончилось недавно или только что: She is out of breath. Has she been running? 2) для обозначения действия, которое началось в прошлом, развивалось некоторое время и не закончилось к моменту речи: I have been reading this book for a week. Ex. 1 Write the verbs in the Present Perfect Continuous Example: “What (you do) today?” “ I (play) tennis. “What have you been doing today?” “I have been plying tennis.
1. ‘How long (you study) English?’ 2. ‘Oh, David! I (look) for you’ 3. Pat (live) here for twenty-five years. 4. I’m tired. We (walk) all day. 5. I (wait) here for ages. 6. She’s bad-tempered because she (work) too hard. 7. They 9watch) football since three o’clock. 8. How long (you learn) to drive? 9. I (work) here since I was eighteen. 10. I’m hungry. I (travel) for hours.
Present Perfect Simple or Continuous Ex. 2 Write the dialogue putting the verbs intothe Present Perfect SimpleorPresent Perfect Continuous
Julia: Gosh, it (be) busy this morning, hasn’t it? Pat: Yes, you look exhausted. What (you do)? Julia: I (not stop) all morning. I (write) letters, (answer) the phone, (do) the filing…. It (be) impossible. Pat: It (be) the same for me. My phone (ring) all morning. I (write) five letters… and I (interview) three people for that secretarial job. Julia: Have you? Oh, I (interview) one as well. And (send) off another ten application forms to people who want them. It seems to be very popular. Pat: It does, doesn’t it? I can’t think why. Four people (phone) me about it this morning. Julia: Have they?.. Oh, and I (look) through that letter, you know, the one the managing director sent to all the staff… Pat: Oh, yes, I (already read) that. Not very interesting, is it? Julia: No… I think (read) it all before….
Раздел 4. Past Perfect Past Perfect Simple
Употребление: для обозначения действия, которое завершилось до определенного момента в прошлом или раньше другого действия. By 1984, we had waited seven years for an answer. I had spoken to Mr Johnson before the meeting began. Ex. 1 Write the sentences putting one verb in each sentence into the Past Simple, and the other verb into the Past Perfect
Example: When the police (arrive), the car (go). When the police arrived, the car had gone. 1. When I (get) to the shop, it (close) 2. They (eat) everything by the time I (arrive) at the party. 3. When we (leave) the beach, the rain (already start). 4. I (try) telephoning her several times but she (leave the country). 5. When I (find) my purse, someone (take) the money out of it. 6. The car (go) when I (look) into the street. 7. By the time I (get) to the stadium the game (already start).
Past Perfect Continuous Positive Question
Negative
Употребление: для обозначения действия, которое длилось некоторый период в прошлом и закончилось к определенному моменту. I had been reading a book for two hours, when my husband came. Ex. 1 Read the situations and write sentences putting words in brackets into the Past Perfect Continuous
Example: I was very tired when I arrived home. I (work) hard all day. I was very tired when I arrived home. I had been working hard all day. 1. The two boys came into the house. They had a football and they were both very tired. They (play) football. ______________________________________________ 2. There was nobody in the room but there was a smell of cigarettes. Somebody (smoke) in the room._____________________________________ 3. Ann woke up in the middle of the night. She was frightened and didn’t know where she was. She (dream)._____________________________________________________ 4. When I got home, Mike was sitting in front of the TV. He (watch) TV.___________________________________________________ 5. He was out of breath. He (run).______________________________________
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