Tom has been reading for two hours. Tom has read 53 pages so far.

A

1. I ______ (cook) mushroom soup. It smells delicious!

2. I ______ (cook) for two hours.

3. How long ______she ______ (study) German?

4. She ______ (study) English and German. She speaks them fluently.

5. Ouch! I ______ (break) the glass.

6. ______ you ______ (study) English long?

7. Stop it! You ______ (talk) for an hour.

8. How long you ______ (know) him?

9. He ______ (live) in the street since he came to London a year ago.

10. He ______ (have) his car for two years already.

B

1. Where have you been? _____ (you/ play) tennis?

2. Look! Somebody _____ (break) that window.

3. You look tired. _____(you/ work) hard?

4. ‘_____(you/ ever/ work) in a factory?’ ‘No, never.’

5. ‘Jane is away on holiday.’ ‘Oh, is she? Where … (she/ go)?’

6. My brother is an actor. He _____ (appear) in several films.

7. ‘Sorry I'm late.’ ‘That's all right. I _____(not/ wait) long.’

8. ‘Is it still raining?’ ‘No, it _____(stop).’

9. I _____ (lose) my address book. _____(you/ see) it anywhere?

C

1. My hands are very dirty. I ______ (repair) the car.

2. The car is OK now. I ______ (repair) it.

3. Somebody ______ (smoke) all my cigarettes, the packet is empty.

4. Mary is still writing letters. She ______ (write) letters all day. She ______ (write) 10 letters today.

5. Where ______ you______ (be)? I ______ (look) for you for the last half hour.

6. How long ______you ______ (know) each other? – We______ just ______ (get) acquainted.

7. What you ______ (do) since we last met?

8. I _____(read) the book you lent me but I _____(not/finish) it yet.

9. I _____(read) the book you lent me, so you can have it back now.

Exercise 7. Выберите правильную форму.

1. El Sistema is a social programme in Venezuela. It aims to help children from poor backgrounds avoid problems like crime and drug addiction by teaching classical music. It has been running 1) for /since over 30 years and it 2) has been producing / has produced several international stars, including the conductor Gustavo Dudamel. He 3) is conducting / has been conducting the National Youth Orchestra for the last ten years. Since 2007, Scotland 4) has been having / has had a similar scheme and many other countries are also considering adopting the idea.

2. Henning Mankell 5) has been writing / is writing since the late 1960s. He 6) has started / started by writing plays, but then became internationally famous through his crime novels. He 7) has been winning / has won several awards for his books. In 1985, he founded a theatre in Mozambique and 8) for / since then, he's been working there part-time.

3. I've always 9) loved / been loving the Eurovision Song Contest. It's great. I've been watching it 10) for /since I was eight, when a rock band from Finland won. Apparently, it 11) has been being shown / has been shown on TV every year since 1956 and is one of the longest-running TV programmes in the world. Abba and Celine Dion were both past winners.

Exercise 8. Определите правильны ли данные ниже предложения. Исправьте неправильные.

1. Bob is a friend of mine. I know him very well.

2. Bob is a friend of mine. I know him for a long time.

3. Sue and Alan are married since July.

4. The weather is awful. It's raining again.

5. The weather is awful. It's raining all day.

6. I like your house. How long are you living there?

7. Graham is workingin a shop for the last few months.

8. I'm going to Paris tomorrow. I'm stayingthere until next Friday.

9. ‘Do you still smoke?’ ‘No, I gave it up. I don't smoke for years.’

10. That's a very old bicycle. How long do you have it?

Exercise 9. Переведите следующие предложения на английский язык.