Grammar exercises

1. Find the sentences in the Present Perfect Continu­ous Tense:

1. Let's have our dinner in this restaurant.

2. I have been cutting a beetroot into tiny bits since she came here.

3 Cabbage is the last things to go into the beetroot soup.

4 Such condiments as garlic, pepper and mustard are usually added Later on, while eating, to suit one's taste.

5 My mother has been cooking dinner for two hours.

6 We usually have some sausage, meat, eggs, butter, bottled milk and tinned fish in the refrigerator.

7 She has been cooking supper for one hour, hasn't she?

8 I have been choosing apples, pears, plums, grapes and oranges for more than 20 minutes.

9 She has been having breakfast for 10 minutes.

2. Make the sentences interrogative and negative:

1. We have been cooking dinner since 11 o'clock. 2. My sister has been working at this café for seven years. 3. They have been talking about English meals for half an hour already. 4. Helen has been cooking Ukrainian beet­root soup since 12 o'clock. 5. I have been boiling some mutton for #n hour already. 6. We have been studying «bout traditional English dishes and meals for several months.

3. Translate into Ukrainian:

1 I haven't been eating for three hours. 2. My mother linn I mtii cooking breakfast for some minutes. 3. She has bisrn cooking beetroot soup since I came home. 4. What has been boiling in that big saucepan since morning?

5. How long has she been cooking breakfast? 6. Alice has not been cooking dinner since her mother went to the mar­ket. 7. My mother has been working at that restaurant since 1990. 8. My friend and I have been discussing the menu for 15 minutes. 9. We have been choosing dishes and drinks at restaurant for several minutes.

4. Make up sentences using either Past Continuous or Present Perfect Continuous:

She has been for an hour.

Mary cooking dinner for several hours.

My sister for an hour before you came.

I was cooking at that time.

Alice chips and chops when he came in.

Jane

My mother has been boiling since I went to the market.

Helen some beef for an hour and a half.

Jane since I came home.

5. Put the Infinitives in brackets in Present Perfect Continuous Tense:

1. She (choose) some dairy products: butter, cheese, milk and cream for 20 minutes. 2. My mother (read) a cookbook for a month. 3. At the bakery department I (buy): white and brown bread, buns, rolls and rings for 10 minutes. 4. At the market my mother (choose) potatoes, carrots, beetroots, onion, tomatoes, cucumbers and cabbage for an hour. 5. Meat and fowl (boil) for two hours. 6. We (talk) about fruits which are sold at the greengrocery shop for 15 minutes.

6. Complete the following sentences:

1. I have been boiling some pork.... 2. She has been pouring tomato juice.... 3. My sister has been frying onions.... 4. I have been making some chops....5. My grandmother has been buying some lemons, oranges....6. My younger sister has been having breakfast.... 7. I have been translating this article about English meals....

7. Answer the following questions according to the model:

Model: How long have you been laying a table?

— I have been laying a table for twenty minutes.

1. How long has your mother been cooking dinner? (for two hours) 2. How long have you been boiling pork and beef? (for three hours) 3. How long haven't you been to this restaurant? (for five years). 4. How long haven't you been drinking orange juice? (for a week) 5. How long haven't you been eating pork chops and roast beef? (for a month) 6. How long haven't you been eating strawberry ice-cream? (for a week) 7. How long have you been reading that cook­book in English? (since June) 8. How long have you been cooking fish and chips? (since 2 o'clock)

8.Translate into English:

1. Де Мері? — Мері на кухні. Вона вже дві години готує обід. 2. Я вже півгодини шукаю рецепт тієї англій­ської страви в кулінарній книжці і ніяк не можу знайти. 3. Скільки років Ви працюєте в цій їдальні? — Я пра­цюю в цій їдальні двадцять років. 4. Невже вона варить повидло а самого ранку? 5. Я не відвідую цього рестора­ну вже два роки. 6. Моя дочка не їсть шоколадних цуке­рок уже п'ять років. 7. Коли ви почали читати цей кулі­нарний довідник? Скільки розділів Ви вже прочитали? Скільки часу Ви читаєте його? 8. Моя сестра закінчила кулінарне училище шість років тому. З того часу вона працює кухарем у студентській їдальні.