Question

Поставьте глагол в Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous. Mr. Black…………(read) the newspaper since 9 o’clock. I………(be) a fan of The Beatles since I was fifteen. The boy ……(jump) over the fence and …….(not to hurt) himself. The girl……(jump) in the yard all day, and she is not tired. What an active girl! How long…..you…..(fish) in this river? — For three hours already. …….you ……(catch) anything? — Not a fish. Peter ……(be) a soldier for two years. …….you ……….(read) the book Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe?; Mary…………(choose) books in the library for a half an hour. Betty…………(choose) the best toy in the shop and asked her mother to buy it.​

Answer 1

• Mr Black has been reading the newspaper since 9 o'clock.
• I've been a fan of The Beatles since I was fifteen.
• The boy has jumped over the fence and hasn't hurt himself.
• The girl has been jumping in the yard all day, and she is not tired. What an active girl!
• How long have you been fishing in this river? -- For three hours already.
• Have you caught anything? - Not a fish.
• Peter has been a soldier for two years.
• Have you read the book Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe?
• Mary has been choosing books in the library for a half an hour.
• Betty has chosen the best toy in the shop and asked her mother to buy it.

Answer 2

Forming Sentences in Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous

Mr. Black has been reading the newspaper since 9 o’clock. - "Present perfect continuous tense is used to express the duration of an action that started in the past and continues into the present or has just finished" [[1]].

I have been a fan of The Beatles since I was fifteen. - "Present perfect tense is used to show that an action happened at an unspecified time before now" [[2]].

The boy has jumped over the fence and has not hurt himself. - "Present perfect tense is used to show that an action happened at an unspecified time before now" [[2]].

The girl has been jumping in the yard all day, and she is not tired. - "Present perfect continuous tense is used to express the duration of an action that started in the past and continues into the present or has just finished" [[1]].

How long have you been fishing in this river? — For three hours already. Have you caught anything? — Not a fish. - "Present perfect continuous tense is used to express the duration of an action that started in the past and continues into the present or has just finished" [[1]].

Peter has been a soldier for two years. - "Present perfect continuous tense is used to express the duration of an action that started in the past and continues into the present or has just finished" [[1]].

Have you read the book Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe? - "Present perfect tense is used to show that an action happened at an unspecified time before now" [[2]].

Mary has been choosing books in the library for a half an hour. - "Present perfect continuous tense is used to express the duration of an action that started in the past and continues into the present or has just finished" [[1]].

Betty has chosen the best toy in the shop and asked her mother to buy it. - "Present perfect tense is used to show that an action happened at an unspecified time before now" [[2]].