Have I been writing a letter for my friend?

1. Recently, I have been feeling really tired.

2. She has been watching too much television lately.

3. Have you been exercising lately?

4. Mary has been feeling a little depressed.

5. Lisa has not been practicing her English.

6. What have you been doing?

7. They have been talking for the last hour.

8. She has been working at that company for three years.

9. What have you been doing for the last 30 minutes?

10. James has been teaching at the university since June.

 

Exersice9. Put the verbs in present perfect continuous tense.

She has been writing a test for three hours.

1. You (wait) here for.

2. Have you (wait) here for two hours?

3. You (not wait) here for two hours.

4. You (wait) here for two hours.

5. Have you (wait) here for two hours?

6. You (not wait) here for two hours.

7. I (live) here for 4 years.

8. You (learn) French for 2 months.

9. She (work) here since 14 February.

10. He (watch) television all day.

Exercise 10. Put the verbs into the correct form (past perfect progressive).

 

I (FEEL) REALLY TIRED. I have been feeling really tired.

1. We (sleep) for 12 hours when he woke us up.

2. They (wait) at the station for 90 minutes when the train finally arrived.

3. We (look for) her ring for two hours and then we found it in the bathroom.

4.I (not / walk) for a long time, when it suddenly began to rain.

5.How long (learn / she) English before she went to London?

6. Frank Sinatra caught the flu because he (sing) in the rain too long.

7. He (drive) less than an hour when he ran out of petrol.

8. They were very tired in the evening because they (help) on the farm all day.

9. I (not / work) all day; so I wasn’t tired and went to the disco at night.

10. They (cycle) all day so their legs were sore in the evening.

 

Exercise 11. Open the brasket using it in: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous.

 

0. She(read)the text now. She is reading the text now.

 

c) He (to run) now. He (to rim) for ten minutes without any rest. 2. What they (to do) now? — They (to work) in the reading-room. They (to work) there for already three hours. 3. Where he (to be) now? — He (to be) in the garden. He (to play) vol­ley-ball with his friends. They (to play) since break­fast time. 4. I (to live) in St. Petersburg. I (to live) in St. Petersburg since 1990. 5. She already (to do) her homework for two hours; but she (not yet to do) half of it. 6. I (to wait) for you since two o’clock. 7. What you (to do)? — I (to read). I (to read) for already two hours. I already (to read) sixty pages. 8. This man (to be) a writer. He (to write) books. He (to write) books since he was a young man. He al­ready (to write) eight books. 9. What you (to do) here since morning? 10. Lena is a very good girl. She always (to help) her mother about the house. Today she (to help) her mother since morning. They already (to wash) the floor and (to dust) the furni­ture. Now they (to cook) dinner together.

 

Exercise 12. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the First Conditional.

0.(hear/phone) If I … any news, I … … you – If I hear any news, I’ll phone you.

1. (have/feel) If she ……..a holiday she …….better.

2. (they come/rain?) ……..if it ……..?

3. (help/pay) He ……us if we ……..him.

4. (not help/not pay) He …….us if we …….him.

5. (ask/you go out?) If he …….you ………with him?

6. (not tell/they be?) If we …….them …….angry?

7. (you do/fail?) What ……if you …….the exem?

8. (miss/get) If they ……the bus they ……a taxi.

9. (you go/ask?) ……to his party if he ……you.

10.(find/ try) If I … time, I … … help you.

 

Exercise 13. Put the verbs in the correct tense.

d) If I … (find)time, I … … (try) to help you.

If I find time, I’ll try to help you.

1. If you … (work) hard, … … (pass) the exam.

2. Anna … … (phone) Tom is she … … (have) time tonight.

3. We … (go) to the beach tomorrow if it … … (not\rain).

4. If you … … (not\come) to our party, I … (be) angry with you.

5. If she … (play) tennis all day, she … … (be) very tired tomorrow.

6. If I … (go) to Astana I … … (see) the House of Parliament.

7. if I … (go) to the Parliament House I … … (walk) along the central square.

8. If we … (take) care of the world we … … (be) happy.

9. If we … (look) after the world- the world … … (be) beautiful.

10. If we … (plant) trees every year the air … … (be) fresh.