Упражнения

Упражнение 1. Переведите предложения, объясните употребление времен глагола:

A. 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 study­ing English? - For five years. 7. Since when have you been doing your homework? - Since 9 o'clock.

B. 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.

C. 1. By the end of this year we shall have been learn­ing English for seven 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.

Упражнение 2. Раскройте скобки, употребив формыthe Future Perfect или the Future Perfect Continuous:

1. 1 (finish) this book by tomorrow evening. 2. By next winter I (save) the necessary sum of money. 3. I (translate) the article for an hour before you come. 4. By the end of January he (work) at the University for 10 years. 5. On September 26 they (be married) for twenty-five years. 6. By the end of the month we (live) in this house for two years. 7. If I continue with my diet I (lose) 10 kilos by the end of the month. 8. The train (leave) before we reach the station.

Упражнение 3. Раскройте скобки, употребив формы глагола в Present Perfect (Continuous) или Future Perfect Continuous:

1. We (to be) here for a week and (not to meet) any interesting people yet. 2. How long you (to stay) here? —Tomorrow we (to be) here for a week. 3. As soon as I (to find out) any traces of him I shall let you know. 4. He (to pass) his exams only by the end of this week. 5. When we (to pass) all our exams, we'll have a party. 6. They say that they (to bring) our tickets by that time. 7. Let's talk about it when I (to see) the film myself. 8. I wonder if they (to complete) the repairs by the end of the season. 9. The plane from Paris (to arrive)? — No, but they will announce when it (to land). 10. I wonder if they (to clean) our apartment before the guests come? 11. By the end of the week the ship (to call at) three ports of the Mediterranean. 12. If it (not to stop) snowing by tomorrow morning we (not to reach) their place by the end of the day. 13. You will understand what married life is, only after you (to live) together for a few years. 14. I'm not sure if they (to receive) our telegram by the time we arrive there.

Упражнение 4. Поставьте следующие предложения в Past Perfect Continuous и Future Perfect Continuous, 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 two hours. 6. You have been speaking on the phone for half an hour already.

Упражнение 5. Cоставьте разные виды вопросов к предложениям:

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.

Упражнение 6. 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 hours 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 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 o’clock? - Fine. I (watch) the match on TV for about two hours but it (to finish) by that time. 14. It was 7 p.m. and we were tired because we (work) hard all day long.