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1. Re-express the following sentences using FOR+ the present perfect continuous. I started doing my homework half an hour ago and Im still doing it. I have been doing my homework for half an hour. 1. ". %. &. '. (. I started to study nglish fi!e years ago and Im still studying it. #hey started waiting for the $us fi!e minutes ago and they are still waiting. It started to rain four days ago and its still raining. #he children started to eat lunch half an hour ago and theyre still eating it. #he $oys started playing foot$all two hours ago and theyre still playing. #he child started to cry an hour ago and hes still crying.

". Re-express the following using FOR + the last+ the present perfect continuous )e $egan dri!ing a car two months ago. Hes been driving a car for the last t!o "onths 1. ". %. &. '. (. )e $egan painting pictures three years ago. I $egan reading an nglish no!el a week ago. #hey $egan studying for their exam two months ago. *ohn $egan collecting coins four months ago. +he $egan sa!ing money a month ago. ,e started making plans for our holiday three days ago.

%. -ake comments using the present perfect continuous interrogati!e. .aul started talking on the phone half an hour ago. Has he been tal#ing /for0 so long1 1. ". %. &. '. (. .eter started studying for the test fi!e hours ago. #he $oys started working on this $ookcase last month. )elen started writing letters two hours ago. #he students started drawing this map yesterday. #hat factory started producing cars in 1223. #he orchestra started rehearsing at three oclock.

&. Re-express these statements using +I45 + the present perfect continuous. Its snowing. It started on Saturday. It has been sno!ing since +aturday. 1. #he students are writing a composition. #hey $egan at 6 oclock.

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#he secretary is typing a report. +he started on -onday morning. -other is cooking. +he $egan early in the morning. #hey are studying for their exams. #hey started in 7pril. *ohn is sleeping. )e went to $ed at % oclock in the afternoon. -y $rother is working in a factory. )e started in 1222.

'. Fill in the $lanks with FOR and +I45 . .ut the !er$s in $rackets in the present perfect continuous tense. 1. ". %. &. '. (. #he $oys /study0 7lge$ra8dinner time. #hat man /stand0 at the corner 8fi!e minutes. Father /read0 the newspaper 8he arri!ed home. -ary /stay0 with us8+eptem$er. -r. 9rown /work0 in this office8he left school. #hey /talk0 to their teacher8a long time.

(. 7sk :uestions $eginning with )O, ;O4< as in the model $elow. I play the guitar. Ho! long have you been playing the guitar1 1. ". %. &. '. (. >. 6. -y parents and I li!e in a new flat. I play $asket$all. Im learning to swim. -y mother teaches -aths in a secondary school. +he is writing a $ook a$out teaching -aths. -y father works on a $ig pro=ect. )e does research on synthetic materials. -y elder sister attends a technical school.

>. .ut the !er$s in $rackets in the present perfect continuous to indicate a recent action which explains a present result. .lease excuse my dirty clothes. I /work0 in the garden. .lease excuse my dirty clothes. Ive been !or#ing in the garden. 1. ". %. &. '. (. .lease excuse my dirty hands. I /repair0 the car. 7lice needs a holiday. +he /work0 too hard. ?our lips are $lue. ,hat on arth /you-eat01 -ind you dont slip on the stairs. I /wash0 them. )e /work0 all day long@ thats why hes gone to $ed early. ,ho /use0 my pen1 It doesnt write properly.

6. -ake :uestions and answers using the cues $elow. +upply the !er$s. /how long+ present perfect continuousA to refer to a period of time extending up to the present moment@ how

many+ present perfect simpleA to refer to the num$er of things or actions performed within that period of time0. Jane-hospital-two years- !!! patients. 7B Ho! long has Jane been working in a hospital1 9B *ane has $een working in a hospital for two years. 7B Ho! "an$ patients has she taken care of? 9B +he has taken care of "333 patients. 1. ". %. &. '. (. *ohn-garage-one year-'3 cars. ;aura-theatre-fi!e years-"' plays. *udy-hotel-two months-%33 !isitors. -ary-office-three weeks-"'3 reports. -r. -iller- factory-four years-%3 $ikes. 4ick-post-office-half a year-%333 letters.

2. .ut the !er$s in $rackets in the .resent .erfect /+imple or 5ontinuous0 or the .ast #ense /+imple or 5ontinuous0. 1. ". %. &. '. (. >. 6. 2. I /not to play0 foot$all since I /to $reak0 my leg. #om /to play0 foot$all when he /to $e0 at school. )ow long you /to wait0 for her1 ,e /not to see0 them for agesC ,here they /to $e01 ?ou /to watch0 #D since you came home. I /to go0 to school yesterday when I /to see0 a house on fire. ,hat she /to wear0 when you /to see0 her1 #hat man /to stand0 in the rain since 2 oclock. EI =ust /to hear0 that mily is in +pain.F EOhA dont you know she /to lea!e0 our town at the end of *uly1 I /recei!e0 a letter from her the other day.F 13. )e /to meet0 her as he /to cross0 the $ridge. 11. ,hat they /to do0 when they /to hear0 that noise1 1". E-other /not to come0 $ack yet1F E?esA she /to come0 half an hour ago. +he /to go0 straight to the kitchen.F EFunnyC I /not to hear0 her.F 1%. -y daughter /to do0 exercises since she finished her lunch. 1&. E?ou e!er /to eat0 snails1F E4oA I ne!er /to eat0 snails andA if I /to $e0 youA I should not eat them either.F 1'. )e /not to see0 me as he /to read0 a $ook when I /to come0 into the room. 1(. I /to $e0 !ery surprised $ecause no$ody /to wait0 for me. 1>. E)arold /to $ook0 the hotel room yet1F E,ellA he /to write0 to the hotel ten days agoA $ut they /not to answer0 him yet.F 16. I /to learn0 nglish for 13 years. 12. ,e /repair0 our car since ,ednesday. "3. ,hen <eorge /to come0 into the roomA ;ucy /to sit0 in an armachair.