Упражнения. 1. Проанализируйте употребление времен сказуемо­го в следующих предложениях.

1. Проанализируйте употребление времен сказуемо­го в следующих предложениях.

а) 1. I have been waiting for you for a long time. 2. You have been watching TV too long. 3. She has been teaching English since last year. 4. I'm tired. I have been working for several hours. 5. It is still cold as it has been
raining since morning. 6. How long have you been study­ ing English? - For five years. 7. Since when have you been doing your homework? - Since 9 o'clock.

б) 1. I had been working for a long time when you came. 2. My father had been repairing the roof for two hours till it began raining. 3. He had been painting the floor for an hour before he asked me to help him.

в) 1. By the end of this year we shall have been learning English for six years. 2. By next September my mother will have been working as a teacher for twenty-five years. 3. I shall have been repairing the car for two days before I dare to drive it.

2. Поставьте следующие предложения в the Past и the Future Perfect Continuous Tenses, употребляя соответствующие обстоятельства времени.

1. I have been learning the new words for an hour, but I don't remember them. 2. Jane has been writing letters to her friends since morning. 3. My father has been reading newspapers since he came back from his office. 4. It has been raining heavily all day long. 5. The boys have been playing football for 2 hours. 6. You have been speaking on the phone for half an hour already.

3. Поставьте вопросы к выделенным словам.

1. They have been watching TV programmes since morning. 2. We have been living in a new district of Minsk for two years. 3. They had been sitting in silence for a long time before he spoke. 4. My brother had been studying abroad for some years. 5. He will have been waiting for my telephone call all day long. 6. I shall have been waiting for Kate for an hour and not longer.

4. Раскройте скобки, употребив нужную видо-временную форму.

1. It is a very boring novel. I (read) it for two weeks, though I usually (read) books quickly. 2. She (live) in Gomel since she (be) born. 3. The children (skate) in the park for two hourl before they went to the cinema. 4. We (lie) on the beach since early morning. 5. She (learn) English, for a year before she goes abroad. 6. Since when they (work) here? 7. How long Ann (translate) the text? 8. It (rain) for two days. There will be a flood soon. 9. How long you (drive)? - I (drive) five years. 10. The police (look) for the thief for a week already. 11. How long you (save) money before you went abroad for the first time? 12. We were very tired at the end of the journey because we (travel) for more than 20 hours. 13. Is it all right if I come at about 9? - Fine. I (watch) the match on TV for about two hours but it will have finished by that time. 14. It was 7 p.m.; and we were tired because we (work) hard all day long.

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