Use PRESENT PERFECT TENSE or PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS to fill in the blanks:
1. I’m trying to study. I have been trying to study for the last hour, but something always seems to interrupt me. I think I’d better go to the library.
2. The children are playing basketball right now. They have been playing for almost two hours. They must be getting tired.
3. The telephone has rung four times in the last hour, and each time it has been for my roommate.
4. The telephone has been ringing for almost a minute. Why doesn’t someone answer it?
5. It has been raining all day. I wonder when it will stop.
6. We have had three accidents so far this week. I wonder how many more we will have if you keep using the tools carelessly.
7. We have been living here since last June.
8. My little son is dirty from head to foot because he has been playing in the mud.
9. What’s the matter? Your eyes are red and puffy. I hope you have not cried. Oh, now I understand. You have been peeling some onions.
10. Hello, Rob. I’m happy to see you again. I haven't seen you for weeks. What have you been doing lately?
11. I haven't been able to reach my boss on the phone yet. I have beentrying for the last twenty minutes, but the line has been busy.
12. We have had three major snowstorms so far this winter. I wonder how many more we will have.
13. I have written to them three times, but I still haven’t received a reply.
14. A: Dr. Harrison is a good teacher. How long has he beenteaching at the university? B: He has been teaching here for almost 25 years. 15. A: What are you going to order for dinner? B: Well, I have had pizza. So I think, I’ll order that.
16. My uncle has been painting the outside of his house for three weeks and he’s still not finished.
17. The Smiths are presently in Tunisia. They have been travelling throughout North Africa since the middle of May. They’ll return home in another month.
C) Use THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE or THE PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS to fill in the blanks:
1. I’m tired. We have been walking for over an hour. Let’s stop and rest for a while.
2. The zoo isn’t far from here. I have walked there many times.
3. I have written to my friends at least a dozen letters since I left home and came home.
4. Sally is writing a letter to her boyfriend. She has been writing it since she got home from class. It’s going to be a long letter.
5. The telephone has rung four times in the last hour, and each time it has been for my roommate.
6. The telephone has been ringing for almost a minute. Why doesn’t someone answer it?
7. She is 80 and she has never read a book in her life.
8. The secretary is very tired. She has been typing all morning.
9. Tom is reading a book. He started two hours ago and he is on page 53. He has been reading for two hours.
10. Hello! I have been cleaning the windows. So far I have cleaned five of them and there are two more to do.
11. My grandfather died 30 years ago. I have never met him.
12. A: Is your father at home?
B: No, I’m afraid he has gone out.
A: When exactly did he go out<span>?
</span>B: About ten minutes ago.
1. We can say that the USA is the country of immigrants because more than 95% of the population are people who moved from the different parts of the world.
Мы можем сказать, что США это страна иммигрантов, так как более 95% населения страны - люди, переехавшие из разных частей мира.
2. A lot of immigrants came from the South America, Africa, Asia, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, France and Russia.
Множество иммигрантов приехало из Южной Америки, Африки, Азии, Великобритании, Германии, Италии, Франции и России.
3. Immigrants brought a lot of different plants, kinds of animals and technologies to America.
Иммигранты привезли в Америку много разновидностей растений и животных и технологии.
4. Christmas trees came from Europe, St. Patrick's Day came straight away from Ireland and Halloween is a Celtic traditional holiday which was celebrated in Scotland and Ireland.
Рождественские ёлки пришли из Европы, День Святого Патрика пришёл прямиком из Ирландии, а Хэллоуин является традиционным кельтским праздником, который отмечали на территории Шотландии и Ирландии.
5. Americans like to be the first ones everywhere and that's why they like the new ideas. They are the first who built the skyscrapers. The first man on the Moon was also an American. They also like to invent something, for example, the first personal computer was invented by Americans.
Американцы любят быть везде первыми, поэтому им и нравятся новые идеи. Они первыми построили небоскрёбы. Первым человеком на Луне был именно американец. Им также нравится что-то изобретать, например, первый персональный компьютер был тоже изобретен американцами.
6. Americans like their traditions that came from the old times. They love their national holidays such as the 4th of July (Independence Day) and Thanksgiving. They are very patriotic people.
Американцы любят свои традиции, которые пришли с далеких времен. Они обожают свои национальные праздники - 4-ое июля (День Независимости) и День Благодарения. Они очень патриотичные люди.
7. The Wild West is a territory that was named by the English settlers who came to settle it from the East American territories.
Дикий Запад - территория, которая была так названа английскими переселенцами, которые приехали заселять её с восточных территорий Америки.
8. The USA is a federal republic which includes 50 states and a federal district.
США является федеративной республикой, включает в себя 50 штатов и федеральный округ.
Was, lived, did, called, told, day, finished the, asked, gave, put.
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