Лекция: Настоящее совершенное продолженное время.
| + | I, we, you, they have been doing He, she, it has been doing |
| — | I, we, you, they have not been doing He, she, it has not been doing |
| ? | Have I, we, you, they been doing Has he, she, it been doing |
Переведите предложения и поставьте их в отрицательную и вопросительную формы.
1. We have been waiting for you for twenty minutes.
2. I’ve been reading for the exam for three days.
3. My sister has been doing figure skating since the age of six.
4. This TV-set has been working since 1996.
5. Granny has been growing flowers since she retired.
6. They’ve already been learning English for two years.
7. The surgeon’s already been operating on the patient for five hours.
Переведите предложения, поставив глаголы в скобках в нужную форму настоящего времени. Объясните употребление времен.
1. I (to read) a book now. I (to read) it since 6 in the evening.
2. Michael (to like) sports. He (to do) sports since his childhood.
3. I (not to know) how to solve this problem. I (to think) of it for the whole day.
4. My friends (to travel) around Africa for two months already. They (to call) me from Cape Town this week.
5. Mother (to make) pies since morning. She just (to bake) a delicious cherry-pie and now she (to make) an apple-pie. I (to adore) her pies.
6. He (to play) computer games for three hours already?
7. How long you (to watch) TV yet?
The Past Perfect Continuous Tense.