Вправа 2
Розкрийте дужки, вживаючи дієслова у 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.
Вправа 3
Розкрийте дужки, вживаючи дієслова у 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.
Минулий досконалий продовжений час – The Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Past Perfect Continuous Tense – минулий досконалий продовжений час описує дію, яка почалася в минулому, тривала якийсь період і закінчилася якраз до моменту мови про неї або все ще тривала при настанні іншої дії в минулому.
З цим часом часто вживаються такі обставини часу: for – протягом (далi йде кількість часу, наприклад, all morning, five years), before – перш ніж, since – з тих пір, як (після since йде конкретний час, дата або день тижня), how long – як довго (вживається в питальних реченнях), until/till – поки, до тих пір як