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1. Her phone (ring) for ten minutes. I wonder why she doesn't answer
2. Have you seen my bag anywhere? I (look) for it for ages.
3. He (study) Russian for two years and doesn't even know the alphabet yet.
4. How long you (wait) for me? - I (wait) about half an hour.
5. It (rain) for two days now. There'll be a flood soon.
6. We (argue) about this for two hours now. Perhaps we should stop!
7. You (drive) all day. Let me drive now.
8. How long you (smoke) cigarettes?
9. It (snow) for three days now. The roads will be blocked if it doesn’t stop soon.
10. Ann (look) for a job for 6 months.
11. Where are the Browns? – They are traveling round the Europe.
- How long they (travel) round the Europe?
12. Peter (live) in Africa for the last three years.
13. I (sit) here waiting for you for nearly an hour. I’ve already drunk four whiskies.
14. It (not rain) for a month now. The grass is very dry.
15. I (go) to this pub every evening for the last ten years.
16. You (lie) in the sun for two hours. You will get burned.
17. I (prepare) lessons for tomorrow for two hours and I haven’t finished yet.
18. Where is the key? I (look) for it for half an hour.
19. How long you (repair) your car? – Since morning.
20. Jim has a beard. He (wear) it for ten years.
Упр. 42. Заполните пропуски, употребив for или since.
- We've been fishing _________ two hours.
- I've been working in this office _________ a month.
- They've been living in France _________ 1970,
- He has been in prison _________ a year.
- I’ve known that _________ a long time.
- That man has been standing there _________ six o’clock.
- She has driven the same car _________ 1975.
- Things have changed _________ I was a girl.
- The kettle has been boiling _________ a quarter of an hour.
- The central heating has been on _________ October.
Упр. 43. Поставьте глаголы в скобках в Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous.
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1. Look! Somebody ________________(break) the window.
2. I wonder if John _________________(forget) my number. I ___________________(expect)
him to call for the past two hours.
3. You look very upset. What _______________________(happen)?
4. You ____________________(not finish) that book yet? You _________________________
read it for more than a week.
5. The meat must be nearly ready. I _________________________(cook) it for nearly an hour.
6. What you _____________________(do) for the last two hours? - I _____________________
(sit) here working at this problem.
7. I ________________(lose) my key. Can you help me look for it?
8. My brother is an actor. He _____________________(appear in several films).
9. Sorry! I’m late. – That’s all right. I _______________________(not wait) long.
10. She just __________________(sell) two of her paintings. – She’s lucky. I _______________
(paint) for 5 years and I ____________________(not sell) a single picture yet.
11. He _______________(sleep) since ten o’clock. It’s time he woke up.
12. That boy _______________ (eat) seven ice-creams.
13. That helicopter ____________________ (fly) round the house for the last hour; do you think
it’s taking photographs?
14. We ___________________ (walk) ten kilometers.
15. We ____________________(walk) for three hours.
16. I _____________________(work) for him for ten years and he never once say “Good
morning” to me.
17. The radio ___________________(play) since 7 a.m. I wish someone would turn it off.
18. He __________________(study) English for two years and doesn’t even know the alphabet
yet.
