Вправа 1. Choose the right tense form.
Nina has been learning/has learned English for 2 years.
The birds have already flown/have been flying to the South.
They have known /have been knowing him for many years.
Mike has forgotten/has been forgetting to learn the poem.
The children have been watching/have watched cartoons for 2 hours.
The train has just come/has been coming.
We haven’t been having/ haven’t had a holiday for 5 years.
She has been teaching/has taught at this school for twenty years.
David has been painting/has painted in his studio since 10 o’clock.
Mary and Sam have collected/ have been collecting stamps for 3 years.
Their parents have been/have being friends since their childhood.
Dave has been/ has been being a student for 2 years.
Вправа 2. Make sentences using Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous.
Приклад:
She/clean/the flat for four hours. – She has been cleaning the flat for four hours.
I / read/Tolstoy stories/ in the park for two hours.
I /read/three stories.
Granny/knit/in the living room/ since morning.
Helen/travel/round Europe/for 3 weeks.
She/visit/already/3 countries.
Вправа 3. Постав дієслово в дужках у Present Perfect або Present Perfect Continuous.
I (not to see) him for ages.
He (to do) his lessons since lunch.
I (not to hear) about him for a long time.
I (to drive) since I was 17.
Jack (to fail) his driving test three times because до doesn’t know how to park.
I think he (make) a lot of improvement.
Alice (not/pass) her driving test because she doesn’t know the rules well.
She (worry) about this for two months.
She (study) the driver’s manual for hours every day.
She (not/take) another test yet.
I (to have) a headache since I got up.
He is my friend, I (to know) him for a long time.
Ivan has a stomachacke. He (to eat) junk food all day.
I (never to hear) that song before.
Вправа 4. Make questions using either Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous.
My friend is waiting for me at the station. (How long…?)
He translates books. (How many…?)
Mother is making a cream cake. (How long…?)
Bill is travelling in Europe at present. (How many countries…?)
My parents are decorating the fir-tree. (How long…?)
They are married. (How long…?)
Вправа 5. Translate into English using either Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous.
Моя дружина малює вже 5 років, але ще не продала жодної картини.
Я радий, що ми закінчили цю роботу.
Мої руки брудні. Я працювала в саду.
Нік з’їв всі цукерки.
Ви коли-небудь грали в шахи?
Вправа 6. Correct the mistakes if any.
They are discussing the problem for hours, but has not solved it yet.
Somebody has been playing tennis since 2 o’clock.
Is it still raining? No, it have stopped.
John has been winning the championship two times.
The boys have ловили рибу for 3 hours.
How many books have you written?
Mike has invited many friends to his birthday party.
He has been hating oranges since his childhood.
They have been taken the dog for a walk.
Irene has left for the airport.
Відповіді до вправ
Exercise 1.
has been learning
have already flown
have known
has forgotten
have been watching
has just come
haven’t had
has been teaching
has been painting
have been collecting
have been
has been
Exercise 2.
I have been reading Tolstoy stories in the park for two hours.
I have read three stories.
Granny has been knitting in the living room since morning.
Helen has been traveling Europe for round 3 weeks.
She has already відвідали 3 countries.
Exercise 3.
haven’t seen
has been doing
have not heard
have been driving
has failed
has made
has not passed
has been worrying
has been studying
has not taken
have had
have known
has been eating
have never heard
Exercise 4.
(How long has he been waiting?)
(How many books has he translated?)
(How long she has been cooking?)
(How many countries has he відвідали?)
(How long they have been decorating the fir-tree?)
(How long they have been married?)
Exercise 5.
My wife has been for drawing 5 years, but she has not sold a single picture.
I am glad that we have finished this work.
My hands are dirty. I have been working in the garden.
Nick has eaten all the sweets.
Have you ever played chess?
Exercise 6.
They have been discussing the problem for hours, but have not solved it yet.
Correct
Is it still raining? No, it has
John has won the championship two times.
The boys have been fishing for 3 hours.
Correct
Correct
He has hated oranges since his childhood.
They have taken the dog for a walk.
Correct
