Perfect Continuous tenses

Exercise 1. Answer the following questions.

1. Have you been staying here for a month? 2. Has he been swimming long? 3. Since when has it been snowing here? 4. How long have you been watching TV? 5. How long has she been talking to her friend? 6. What has he been translating for an hour? 7. How long had you been studying English before you went to Great Britain? 8. How long had you been writing to him before you got an an­swer? 9. How long had she been waiting for you when you came? 10. How long will you have been flying by the time the plane lands?

Exercise 2. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present, Past or Fu­ture Perfect Continuous Tense.

1. We (play) tennis for 3 hours. 2. By the end of this year I (live) here for 20 years. 3. She (study) in London for a year. 4. By breakfast time she (sleep) for 8 hours. 5. When the bus arrived the tourists (wait) for it very long. 6. I looked at the watch. It was 11 o'clock. I (work) at the report for 4 hours. 7. They (sit) there for an hour when the taxi arrived. 8. She (wash) the dishes since the guests left. 9. I (look for) the key for half an hour already. 10. He (go) to this bar every Saturday for the last 5 years.

Exercise 3. Form the questions with the question word given.

1. The tourists have been travelling since last Sunday. (Since when) 2. She has been driving a car for 10 years. (How long) 3. He has been going in for body-building for 3 months. (Who) 4. She has been speaking on the phone since 10 o'clock. (What) 5. I had been waiting for half an hour when the bus finally came. (How long)

Exercise 4. Translate into English.

1. Наконец я нашел книгу, которую долго искал. 2. Я буду писать доклад уже час, когда ты придешь. 3. Когда я вошел в комнату, они обсуждали эти новости больше часа. 4. Я жду тебя уже 15 минут. 5. Мы живем здесь около 15 лет. 6. Ты слишком долго слушаешь музыку. 7. Весь день идет снег. 8. Я работаю здесь с прошлого года. 9. Как давно она преподает в университете? 10.Что вы тут делаете с раннего утра?