Упражнения. 1. Проанализируйте употребление времен сказуемо­го в следующих предложениях

1. Проанализируйте употребление времен сказуемо­го в следующих предложениях

а) 1. I have been waiting for you for a long time. 2. You have been watching TV too long. 3. She has been teaching English since last year. 4. I'm tired. I have been working for several hours. 5. It is still cold as it has been raining since morning. 6. How long have you been study­ing English? – For five years. 7. Since when have you been doing your homework? – Since 9 o'clock.

б) 1. I had been working for a long time when you came. 2. My father had been repairing the roof for two hours till it began raining. 3. He had been painting the floor for an hour before he asked me to help him.

в) 1. By the end of this year we shall have been learn­ing English for six years. 2. By next September my mother will have been working as a teacher for twenty-five years. 3. I shall have been repairing the car for two days before I dare to drive it.

Поставьте следующие предложения в the Past и the Future Perfect Continuous Tenses, употребляя соответствующие обстоятельства времени

1. I have been learning the new words for an hour, but I don't remember them. 2. Jane has been writing letters to her friends since morning. 3. My father has been reading newspapers since he came back from his office. 4. It has been raining heavily all day long. 5. The boys have been playing football for 2 hours. 6. You have been speaking on the phone for half an hour already.

Поставьте вопросы к выделенным словам

1. They have been watching TV programmes since morning. 2. We have been living in a new district of Minsk for two years. 3. They had been sitting in silence for a long time before he spoke. 4. My brother had been studying abroad for some years. 5. He will have been waiting for my telephone call all day long. 6. I shall have been waiting for Kate for an hour and not longer.