Exercise 6.7 Ask your friends these questions in English. 1. Давно вы встречаетесь друг с другом? 2. С какого дня Нина больна? 3. Сколько времени
вы делаете эту работу? 4. Давно они гостят у вас? 5. Как давно вы не получаете от него
известий? 6. Давно вы не видели его? 7. Давно вы изучаете английский? 8. Сколько времени
вы учитесь в этом университете? 9. Сколько времени вы изучаете эту тему? 10. Вы давно
здесь сидите? 11. Вы давно читаете эту книгу? 12. Давно идет этот сериал? 13. Сколько
времени вы уже собираетесь рассказать ему об этом? 14. Долго вы это слушаете? 15. Давно
вы работаете на компьютере?
Exercise 6.8 Complete the following, using the Present Perfect Progressive. 1. My hands are covered with flour. I ... . 2. He looks pale. He ... . 3. He doesn't know the English
alphabet though he ... . 4. Oh, here you are at last, I ... . 5. Let me drive now. You ... . 6. I am sorry
for keeping you waiting, I .... 7. You feel tired because you ... . 8.I can't believe it's the end of the
line. We ... . 9. It's my last exam of this term. I .... 10. Can we change the music to the one I like?
You... . 11. Everybody is enjoying the party and I am exhausted. I.... 12. Your time is up, kids, you
.... 13. You all stopped talking when I came in. I'm sure you ... . 14. Brian, you smell of tobacco.
You ... . 15. The boy is dirty from head to foot. He ... .
VII. Present Perfect vs. Present Perfect Continuous Exercise 7.1 Read the situations and write two sentences using the words in brackets. 1. Tom started reading a book two hours ago. He is still reading it and now he is on page 53.
(read/for two hours)
He has been reading for two hours. (read/53 pages so far)
He has read 53 pages so far. 2. Linda is from Australia. She is travelling round Europe at the moment. She began her tour
three months ago.
(travel/for three months) She ---
(visit/six countries so far) ---
3. Jimmy is a tennis player. He began playing tennis when he was ten years old. This year he is
national champion again--for the fourth time.
(win/the national championship four times)
(play/tennis since he was ten)
4. When they left college, Mary and Sue started making films together. They still make films.
(make/ten films since they left college) They ---
(make/films since they left college)