) a car for five hours now. 11. How long you (
to look) for her? It’s strange that you can find her nowhere.
Упражнение 2
Раскройтескобки, употребляяглаголыв Present Perfect Continuous Tense.
1. I (to paint) the fence since morning but I haven’t finished it yet. 2. I (to try) to find my documents since last Sunday. 3. I (to look) for information on the subject since last Friday. 4. The sun is shining but the ground is wet because he (to water) the garden for a long time. 5. You (to talk) for almost an hour without stopping. 6. They (to learn) Japanese for a couple of years. 7. Molly (to paint) this picture for three days now. 8. She looks very tired. What she (to do)? 9. The boss is very angry, because his secretary (to type) the report for five hours. 10. Father (to drill) holes in the wall since noon. 11. The tourists (to do) the sightseeing since nine o’clock.
Упражнение 3
Раскройтескобки, употребляяглаголыв Present Perfect Continuous Tense.
1. He is a good player, because he (to play) chess since he was five. 2. My brother (to play) computer games for 3 hours. 3. You (to work) as a computer programmer for more than fifteen years. 4. I (to listen) to you very carefully. 5. We can’t see paths in the garden, because it (to snow) heavily during the whole night. 6. The wind (to blow) since yesterday. 7. He (not to take) his medicine for the last week. 8. He (to write) his summary since the lecture began. 9. My grandfather (to collect) coins since he was a boy. 10. I (to buy) food here since I came to this town. 11. We (to save) the money for a holiday for a year. 12. Andy and Den (to discuss) the plans for their winter holidays for two hours now. 13. The states of the roads are very bad here, though they (to repair) them for the last few years.
Прошедшее совершенное продолженное время – The Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Past Perfect Continuous Tense – прошедшее совершенное продолженное время описывает действие, которое началось в прошлом, продолжалось какой-то период и закончилось как раз к моменту речи о нем или все еще продолжалось при наступлении другого действия в прошлом.
С этим временем часто употребляются следующие обстоятельства времени: for – на протяжении, в течение (за ним следует количество времени, например,