5. State the forms with –ing and translate the sentences into Russian.

1. I don’t like being spoken to in such a manner.

2. You can master the language by speaking English every day.

3. You surprised me by not having done this work in time.

4. I thought of the question being discussed at the meeting.

5. She never did a thing without asking somebody’s advice.

6. Reading aloud is very useful.

7. She likes being invited to the theatre.

8. I heard the singing of a bird.

9. She doesn’t like reading aloud.

10. The meeting was held at the beginning of the working day.

6. Put the verb in brackets into the Present Perfect Continuous.

1. You see I (do) this kind of thing for the last thirty years.

2. She (tell) you a whole long saga all this time?

3. “Do you want to dance?” – “No, thank you. I (dance) so much all evening that my feet are ready to fall.”

4. “How is that silly friend of yours?” – “I just (speak) of him.”

5. He says he (not/feel) well for the last week.

6. You look so pale. Jane (feed) you in my absence?

7. I (try) to get you all day, George!

8. I (not/sleep) for over a day.

9. We (nod) to one another for a couple of years now.

10. “Why is he here now?” – “I don’t know.” – “You (correspond) with him?” – “No.”

7. Write the following a) in the interrogative; b) in the negative.

Example: She has been feeling well recently.

Has she been feeling well recently?

She has not been feeling well recently.

1. She has been looking for her dress for the last 10 minutes.

2. It has been raining for two hours.

3. I have been writing my report for an hour.

4. Her phone has been ringing for ten minutes.

5. He has been wearing glasses for five years.

6. Our teacher has been speaking on the telephone for 10 minutes already.

7. They have been waiting for my sister for about 30 minutes.

8. He has been working for that firm for ten years.

9. They have been discussing the matter all day long.

10. She has been taking English lessons many years.

8. Turn the following sentences into the Past Perfect Continuous. Add other words indicating a past moment as in the model.

Model: I have been waiting for you for half an hour. – I had been waiting for you for half an hour when you came.

1. I have been waiting packing my things for an hour and a half.

2. He has been working in the laboratory for two years.

3. They have been quarrelling for a long time.

4. The children have been skating for an hour.

5. He has been wearing this suit for a year.

6. My brother has been serving in the army for two years.

7. I have washing the dishes for a quarter of an hour.

8. The detective has been investigating this case for a month.

9. The boys have been watching television for three hours.

10. We have been discussing this incident for a week.

9. Make the following sentences a) interrogative, b) negative

1. She had been sleeping for an hour when he came.

2. He had been speaking for two hours when he decided to have an interval.

3. They had been waiting long before the train arrived.

4. When we came to see Kate, she had been ill for three days.

5. They had been living there for five years by that time.

6. She had been working at the University for 25 years before she retired.

7. He had been translating the article for two hours already when she came.

8. It had been snowing heavily for two days before our arrival.

9. They had been trying to find him for years but they failed.

10. I had been working at the plant for a year before I could enter the University.