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.

(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.

 

III. Correct the mistakes.

1. I’m playing chess since I was eight years old.

2. I used to eat at that restaurant three times last week.

3. We haven’t read yet his letter.

4. I’ll make the dinner when I will get home.

5. Peter still is at school.

6. Mike and Kelly got married last week. They had met each other four years ago.

 

 IV. Choose the correct answer.

1. “I met our new boss this morning.”

“I _____ him, too. He is very nice.”

a. am meeting b. have been meeting c. have met

 

2. “_____ in a hotel?”

“No, but my parents did last summer in Rome.”

a. Have you ever stayed b. Did you ever stay 

c. Are you ever staying

 

3. “Have found a house yet?”

“No. I _____ with my aunt at the moment.”

a. stay b. am staying c. have stayed

 

4. “There was a power cut last night.”

“I know. I _____ some paperwork when the lights went out.”

a. had been doing b. was doing c. had done

 

5. “The restaurant was packed last night.”

“Yes. Luckily, I _____ a table in advance.

a. was booking b. had booked c. had been booking

 

6. “Kate looked tired this morning.”

“I know. She ______ all night long.”

a. studied b. had studied c. had been studying

 

7. He went to bed _____ he had brushed his teeth.

a. before b. after c. while

 

8. John was repairing the car _____ Steve was tidying the garage.

a. while b. before c. after

 

9. I have lived in Kent _____ ten years now.

a. since b. for c. before

10. _____ did Jane and Ted get married?

a. How long b. How long ago c. While

 

11. “We’d better take a taxi to the station.”

“Yes. The train _____ in fifteen minutes.”

a. has left b. will have left c. leaves

 

12. “Cathy doesn’t study enough.”

“I know. I’m afraid she _____ her exam.”

a. won’t pass b. won’t be passing c. won’t have passed

 

13. “Shall we go shopping?”

“I can’t go until the babysitter _____”

a. arrives b. will arrive c. arrived

 

14. “You _____ a good specialist one day”

“Do you really think so?”

a. were b. will be c. are being