English Grammar with Kudjo. Понятная и забавная грамматика для детей и взрослых. Part 2 - страница 3

– Kudjo is very tired. He has been teaching his pet all day long.

• to express irritation, anger, annoyance, explanation or criticism.

– Who has been eating my treats? (showing anger)

• to put emphasis on duration, usually with for, since or how long.

– I’ve been teaching him since yesterday.

• The form is: Subject + have / has been + verb -ing.

– Kudjo has been trying to feed his pet since the morning.

EXERCISE 1

Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Perfect Continuous:

1 Dradjo /protect/ Kudjo’s sleep since lunch.

2 Kudjo /train/ Dradjo for three months.

3 Why are you so wet? – I /run/ in the rain.

4 Kudjo and Dradjo /live/ together for a few months.

5 Drajo /learn/ Doggish since Monday.

6 They /watch/a sci-fi movie about dragons for an hour.

the question form is:

How long has Kudjo been sleeping?

Drajo hasn’t been calling Kudjo as Mummy since their first training.

EXERCISE 2

Find the proper verb and put it into the correct Present Perfect Continuous form: relax, do, live, wander, gnaw, eat, look for

1 What you ***** in the attic since the morning? – I’ve been ***** a mouse-trap.

2 How long you ***** this bone? – I’ve been doing it for two days.

3 I ***** since yesterday. I’m as hungry as a hunter.

4 Where you ***** all day?

5 We ***** for ages. We must recharge our batteries.

6 How long *****in this house on your own? – Since last summer.

EXERCISE 3

Kudjo has found several things that made him annoyed. Try to guess the question he is asking:

For example,

The mat is covered in bread crumbles. – Who has been eating sandwiches on my mat?!

1 The fridge is half-empty. —

2 The toy is broken. —

3 The floor is dirty. —

4 The house looks messy. —

5 There’s a lot of water on the floor in the bathroom. —

6 There is smoke coming out of the kitchen. —

EXERCISE 4

Put correct signal words in the gaps:

1 Kudjo has been trying to find out anything about Dradjo’s family ***** several months.

2 ***** has Dradjo been living with Kudjo?

3 Kudjo has been sleeping ***** lunch.

4 Kudjo has been lying and reading ***** an hour.

5 ***** have they been frolicking outside?