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Present Perfect: Why have you come so late?
Почему вы пришли так поздно?
Present Perfect Continuous: I have been waiting for you for two hours.
Я уже жду вас два часа.
Сравните глагольные формы Present Continuous и Present Perfect Continuous.
Present Continuous : Where is John?
He is working in the laboratory.
Где Джон?
Он работает в лаборатории.
Present Perfect Continuous: He has been working there for many hours.
Он уже работает там в течение нескольких
часов.
The Past Perfect Continuous Tense.
Chemists had been studying the atmosphere for about two thousand years before its composition was discovered.
Химики изучали атмосферу около двух тысяч лет, прежде чем был открыт ее состав.
Глагольная форма had been studying (Past Perfect Continuous) выражает длительное действие, протекавшее до указанного момента (before its composition was discovered) и, возможно, продолжавшееся и после этого момента.
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Past Perfect Continuous переводится глаголом несовершенного вида в прошедшем времени, чаще всего с наречием уже.
Past Perfect: She had written the article by 10 o’clock yesterday.
Она написала статью вчера к 10 часам.
Past Perfect Continuous: She had been writing it for two hours when you came.
Она уже писала ее в течение двух часов, когда вы пришли.
Past Continuous: When the mother came home her children were
sleeping;
Past Perfect Continuous: they had been sleeping for two hours
Когда мать вернулась домой, дети спали; они
спали уже два часа.
Future Perfect Continuous
She will have been writing her article for two hours by 10 o’clock tomorrow.
Завтра к десяти часам она уже будет писать свою статью в течение двух часов.
Exercises:
I. Read the situations and complete the sentences.
1. The rain started two hours ago. It’s still raining now. It _____ for two hours.
2. We started waiting for the bus 20 minutes ago. We’re still waiting now. We _____ for 20 minutes.
3. I started Spanish classes in December. I’m still learning Spanish now. I _____ since December.
4. Ann began looking for a job six months ago. She is still looking for it now. Ann _____ for six months.
5. Mary started working in London on 18 January. She’s still working there now. Mary _____ since 18 January.
II. Put the verb into the Present Continuous or Present Perfect Continuous.
1. Maria _____ (learn) English for two years.
2. Why _____ (you/look) at me like that?
3. We always go to Ireland for our holidays. We _____ (go) there for years.
4. I _____ (think) about what you said and I’ve decided to take your advice.
5. Sarah is very tired. She _____ (work) very hard recently.
III. Read the situations and make the sentences from the words in brackets.
1. I was very tired when I arrived home. (I/work/hard all day) _____.
2. There was nobody in the room but there was a smell of cigarettes.
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(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 had just turned it off. (He/watch/TV) ____.
IV. Put the verb into the most suitable form (Past Continuous, Past Perfect or Past Perfect Continuous).
1. It was very noisy next door. Our neighbours _____ (have) a party.
2. We were good friends. We _____ (know) each other for a long time.
3. Mary was sitting on the ground. She was out of breath. She _____ (run).
4. Jim was on his hands and knees on the floor. He _____ (look) for his contact lens.
5. I was sad when I sold my car. I _____ (have) it for a very long time.
6. We were extremely tired at the end of the journey. We _____ (travel) for more than 24 hours.
V. Translate the following sentences into Russian.
1. I have been thinking of it for three days.
2. They have been living in New York for ten years.
3. They have been writing a composition for two hours.
4. They have been playing volleyball since 3 o’clock.
5. When I return to the laboratory, my friends will have been working there for several hours.
6. I was very tired when I arrived home. I’d been working hard all day.
7. At last the bus came. I’d been waiting for twenty minutes.
VI. Translate the following sentences into English.
1. Она читает с самого утра.
2. Мы изучаем английский язык с пятого класса.
3. Они думали об этом несколько дней.
4. Вчера мы не могли выйти из дома, так как шел дождь с самого утра.
5. Наконец-то библиотекарь дала мне книгу, которую я ждала уже целый месяц.
REVISION II.
I. Underline the correct tense.
A. 1. The plane leaves / has left at four o’clock. We must be at the airport by two o’clock.
5. It gets / is getting colder and colder every day.
6. Have you seen Linda? I have been looking / am looking for her for almost an hour.
7. Sam is a very interesting person. He knows / has known all kinds of unusual facts.
8. Michael’s car broke down last week, so he uses / is using his father’s for the time being.
9. Lynne was singing / had sung as she was cleaning the windows.
10. Mr. Brown was teaching / had been teaching for thirty years when he retired.
11. Kate was happy. She was winning / had won first prize in the competition.
12. We had been staying / stayed in a hotel by the sea last summer.
10.Alexander Graham Bell had invented / invented the telephone.
B. Next Saturday, Jane is flying / flies to Paris for a business meeting. Her secretary has already booked the flight. The plane will leave / leaves at nine o’clock in the morning and one of her business clients will have met / will be meeting her at the airport when the plane lands. She doesn’t know how long the meeting will last, but she will have returned / will have been returning home by Thursday evening.
II. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense-form.
Janet (1) _____ (decide) to open her own restaurant. Yesterday, she (2) _____ (have) a meeting with her bank manager and she (3) _____ (ask) him for a loan. He agreed, so Janet (4) _____ (to be able) to start making plans. In fact, she (5) _____ (already / find) a building for her restaurant and she (6) _____ (look) for tables and chairs next week. By the end of the month, work on the restaurant (7) _____ (begin) and by the summer, everything will be ready. Janet (8) _____ (hope) that her business will be a success, at the moment she (9) _____ (interview) people to be chefs and waiters.
