5. Переведите.

1. Я думаю, он напишет еще одну пьесу к концу месяца.

2. Завтра к этому времени мы будем дома.

3. Вы получите зачет к концу мая?

4. Мы думаем, что к середине мая уже закончим свои курсовые работы (projects).

5. К тому времени, когда ты придешь, я уже закончу печатать статью.

6. В будущем году в это время они уже окончат университет.

7. Надеюсь, что когда я вернусь, вы закончите свой спор.

2.4. Совершенные длительные времена

Perfect continuous tenses

2.4.1. Настоящее совершенное длительное время

Present perfect continuous tense

1. Поставьте глагол в скобках в Present Perfect Continuous Tense:

1. How long have you been learning English? – I (to do) it for 2 years now.

2. What has Peter been doing these two weeks? – He (to get) ready for his exam.

3. What have they been discussing all this time? – I think they (to talk) about their plans for the summer.

4. Have you been waiting for me all this time? – Yes, but I (to read) something interesting.

5. Has it been raining here all this week? – Oh, it (to pour) with rain!

6. What books have you been looking through so long? – I (to try) to find something to read on the train.

7. Have they been building their country cottage all summer? – Well, they actually (to repair) it.

8. Where has Peter been hiding himself all this time? – He (to stay) with some friends.

2. Скажите, как долго длилось данное действие:

Example: It is raining now. It began raining two hours ago. It has been raining for two hours.

1. Kevin is studying. He began studying three hours ago. He … for three hours.

2. I’m learning Spanish. I started learning Spanish in December. I … since December.

3. Ann is looking for a job. She began looking six months ago. … for six months.

4. Mary is working in London. She started working there on 18 January. … since 18 January.

5. George smokes. He started smoking 5 years ago. … for five years.

3. Переведите предложения из прямой речи в косвенную, начиная их со слов ‘She wonders’:

1. How long has your friend been learning English?

2. Why have you been avoiding me lately?

3. Have your students been making much progress this term?

4. What have you been worrying about so much all this week?

5. Since when has your daughter been dating that young man?

6. Has it really been raining all week here?

7. What grammar material have you been studying this month?

8. What has been happening here for the last few years?

9. What have you been writing with if you haven’t a pen or a pencil?

10. How long has all this trouble been going on?

4. Поставьте глаголы в скобках в Present Perfect Continuous; перескажите шутки:

A. ‘Is John thinking of marriage?’ a friend asks John’s mother. ‘Oh, I don’t think so’, his mother answers, ‘because he (to study) for a bachelor’s degree all this time’.

B. ‘I am sure you should marry John. He really loves you’, the father said to Mary. ‘How do you know that?’, she asked. ‘Well, I (to borrow) money from him for a long time, and he still keeps coming to see you’.

C. ‘Women are such liars!’, a man says to his wife. ‘A woman always says she (to shop) when she hasn’t bought anything’. ‘But men are no better’, his wife retorted, ‘a man says he (to fish) when he hasn’t caught anything’.

D. ‘Are you sure, doctor, that this is a good remedy for my illness?’ the patient asks. ‘Of course I am’, the doctor replies, ‘one of my patients (to use) it all his life, and he has never asked me for another’.

E. A man asks his friend after a long monologue, ‘Haven’t I tired you with my problems?’ ‘Oh, don’t worry’, the other man answers, ‘I (to think) of my own problems’.