2 While the dragon was sleeping in Kudjo’s bed …..
3 Kudjo has never thought that …..
4 Kudjo woke up and saw …..
5 Next morning Kudjo and the dragon are going to …..
EXERCISE 4
Find the proper verb and put it into the correct tense form: hop, eat, grow, jump, love, sleep, not hear
1 The dragon already ***** all Kudjo’s food.
2 Kudjo and the dragon ***** and ***** strange sounds in the barn.
3 The dragon ***** twice by the end of the month.
4 The dragon ***** and *****in the garden when the neighbour came in.
5 Kudjo ***** the dragon since the first time he saw him.
EXERCISE 5
Put the missing word:
1 Kudjo has thought a lot about ***** for his pet.
2 The dragon has one irritating habit – he ***** very loudly and Kudjo can’t sleep next to him.
3 They are ***** dragon-flies on the lawn now.
4 The dragon has no ***** and so he can’t fly.
5 They were having lunch when suddenly the dragon realised that he didn’t like ***** at all.
EXERCISE 6
Choose the correct option:
1 Kudjo ***** up with the name for his pet – Dradjo.
a has just come
b is just coming
c had just come
2 Dradjo and Kudjo ***** Monopoly when Chilly came to see them.
a are playing
b played
c were playing
3 Dradjo ***** new commands by the age of three months.
a has learnt
b had learnt
c learns
4 Dradjo and Kudjo ***** a mind-blowing party for all their neighbors next Sunday.
a are going to throw
b will throw
c threw
5 Nobody ***** how Dradjo’s egg appeared in the cave.
a knowed
b know
c knows
EXERCISE 7
Translate the continuation of the story:
К концу первого месяца Куджо научил своего питомца многим вещам.
«Не называй меня мамочкой.»
«Не клади лапы на стол.»
«Не выпускай пламя из пасти.»
«Не облизывай гостей.»
«Не храпи.»
Это было трудно, но Драджо был готов делать все, что скажет его хозяин, тем более, если у него в лапе была какая-нибудь вкусняшка.
Вчера Куджо начал учить своего питомца собачьему языку, а сегодня Драджо уже знал 100 слов!
Unit 2
The Present Perfect Continuous Tense
Настоящее совершенное длительное время
This tense is used:
• for actions which started in the past and continue up to the present.
They have been playing «catch me, Monster’ since early morning. (They’re still playing.)
• for past actions of certain duration which have visible results or effects, in the present.