PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS (ppc^

1. There is no smoke without fire
2. It is better to die standing than to live kneeling
3. Never put off till tomorrow what can be done today
4. He worked in the garden in summer
5. Nelly answers her letters. Her answers are clever
6. I like to walk in the mountains. Lets go for a walk

A B
during beats
achieve fingernails
heart incredible things
spend time her lifetime
grow in love
breathe blood cells
produce red of your life
fall day
wedding air
for the rest on the telephone

1. Какое
устройство самое быстрое?

2. Этот
мобильный телефон самый надёжный среди всех.

3. Это задание
сложнее предыдущего.

4. Эта
вычислительная машина – самая мощная.

5. Легче купить
новый компьютер, чем чинить старый.

6. Я лучше всех.

7. Он говорит на
английском лучше, чем мы.

8. Эта
информация очень полезная.

9. Катя говорит
по-французски лучше, чем Алексей.

10. В этом
магазине ты можешь купить самое дешевое программное обеспечение.

11. Легче писать
письма и рефераты с помощью текстового редактора.

12. В обучении
интереснее использовать мультимедийные приложения и интерактивное программное
обеспечение.

1. Your train (to arrive) there at 6 a.m. tomorrow.
2. She (to make) tea for her guests yesterday.
3. We (to watch) TV and (to look) through newspapers yesterday evening.
4. It (to rain) every week.
5. You (to see) your friend yesterday?
6. What you (to do) yesterday evening? – Nothing in particular.
7. According to the forecast it (to be) raining tomorrow.
8. We often (to go) to school together.
9. Her mother (to buy) her daughter a silver chain for her birthday? – No, she didn’t.
10. My sister (to graduate) from the University next year.

Exercise 1. Complete the following sentences using Present Perfect Continuous:


Model: The boys are playing football. They... . – They’ve been playing football for almost two hours.

1. Alex is talking on the phone. He … . 2. I am waiting for my friend. I … . 3. It’s raining. It … . 4. Bob is sitting in the waiting room. He … . 5. I am trying to learn Greek. I … . 6. He is learning to drive. He … . 7. They are quarrelling. They … . 8. The baby is crying. She … . 9. I am living in the centre now. I … . 10. He is listening to his favorite music. He … . 11. Jack is doing nothing. He … 12. The parents are watching TV. They … . 13. Father is sleeping in his armchair. He … . 14. Jane is walking with her dog. She … . 15. The teacher is still correcting our papers. She … . 16. My sister is looking for a pair of new shoes. She … .

5.PRESENT SIMPLE 6.PRESENT CONTINUOUS 7.PRESENT PERFECT 8.PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

Упр. 210. Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в Present Perfect, Present Continuous, Present Simple или Past Simple.

1. Please give me a pencil, I (to lose) mine. 2. I (not to meet) Peter since Monday. 3. Nina just (to finish) work. 4. Where Sergei (to be)? — He (to go) home. He (to leave) the room a minute ago. 5. What you (to read) now? — I (to read) "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte. 6. They (to read) "Ivanhoe" by Walter Scott a month ago. What about you? You (to read) "Ivanhoe"? 7. My watch (to stop). There (to be) something wrong with it. 8. You (to see) Jack today? — Yes, I (to see) him at the institute. 9. You (to hear) the new symphony by M.? — Yes, I... . — When you (to hear) it? — I (to hear) it last Sunday. 10. You (to change) so much. Anything (to happen)? 11. What you (to do) here at such a late hour? You (to write) your composition? — No, I (to write) it already. I (to work) at my report. — And when you (to write) your composition? — I (to finish) it two days ago. 12. I say, Tom, let's have dinner. — No, thank you, I al-I ready (to have) dinner. 13. What the weather (to be) like? It still (to rain)? — No, it (to stop) raining.

Perfect, P.P.- Past Perfect, F.P.- Future Perfect, Pr. P.C.- Present Perfect Continuous, P.P.C.- Past Perfect Continuous, F.P.C.- Future Perfect Continuous, F.S.P.- Future Simple in the Past, F.C.P.- Future Continuous in the Past, F.P.P.-Future Perfect in the Past, F.P.C.P.- Future Perfect Continuous in the Past.

2) I (to wait- Pr.P.C.) for permission to go abroad for three months, but I (not to receive- Pr.P.) the visa yet.
3) We (to drink-P.C.) tea when the telephone (to ring).
4) Light ( to travel- Pr.S.) more quickly than sound.
5) I (to finish- F.P.) the book by Friday. If you like, I (to give-F.S.) it to you on Saturday.
6) He said he (to arrive –F.S. in the Past) in the evening.
7) We already (to cover-P.P.) about ten miles when Peter, who (to look-P.P.C.) out of the window for the last five or ten minutes, exclaimed, “Here is the station.”
8) The young and the old (to suffer- F.C.) from the economic recession. (экономический спад)
9) Housewives and their children (to watch- F.P.C.) this show for three years by next autumn.
10) We thought we (to lie- F.P.C.in the Past) on the beach for half a day when our friends returned from dive.
Мы думали, что будем лежать на пляже полдня, когда наши друзья вернутся после погружения.
11) Researchers conveyed that the Earth (not to survive-F.P.in the Past) after the sun went out.
12) It was reported that Plex Company (to share- F.C.in the Past) information and its plans with subscribers in the coming months.