Question

Помогите, пожалуйста, с английским! Open the brackets. Use Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous. 1.He is running now. He (to run) for ten minutes without any rest. 2.Where is he? — He is in the garden. He is playing volley-ball with his friends. They (to play) since breakfast time. 3.I to live in St. Petersburg. I (to live) in St. Petersburg since 1990. 4.She already (to do) her homework for two hours; but she (not yet to do) half of it. 5.I (to wait) for you since two o'clock. 6.What are you doing? — I am reading. I (to read) for already two hours. I already (to read) sixty pages. 7.This man is a writer. He writes books. He (to write) books since he was a young man. He already (to write) eight books. 8.What you (to do) here since morning? 9. Lena is a very good girl. She always helps her mother about the house. Today she (to help) her mother since morning. They already (to wash) the floor and (to dust) the furniture. Now they are cooking dinner together. 10.This is the factory where my father works. He (to work) here for fifteen years. 11.You (to find) your note-book? — No! I am still looking for it. I already (to look) for it for two hours, but (not yet to find) it. 12.You (to play) with a ball for already three hours. Go home and do your homework. 13.I (to wait) for a letter from my cousin for a month already, but (not yet to receive) it. 14. It is difficult for me to speak about this opera as I (not to hear) it. 15. I just (to receive) a letter from my granny, but I (not yet to receive) any letters from my parents.

Answer 1

1 has been running
2 have been playing
3 have lived
4 has been doing, yet hasn't done
5 have been waiting
6 have been reading, have read
7 has been writing, has written
8 have you been doing
9 has been hepling, has washed, has dusted
10 has been working
11 have found, have been looking, yet haven't found
12 have been playing
13 have been waiting, yet haven't received
14 haven't heard
15 have received, yet haven't received

Answer 2

Here are the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs in either Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous tense:

1. He is running now. He has been running for ten minutes without any rest.

2. Where is he? — He is in the garden. He is playing volleyball with his friends. They have been playing since breakfast time.

3. I used to live in St. Petersburg. I have been living in St. Petersburg since 1990.

4. She has already done her homework for two hours, but she has not yet done half of it.

5. I have been waiting for you since two o'clock.

6. What are you doing? — I am reading. I have been reading for two hours already. I have already read sixty pages.

7. This man is a writer. He writes books. He has been writing books since he was a young man. He has already written eight books.

8. What have you been doing here since morning?

9. Lena is a very good girl. She always helps her mother around the house. Today she has been helping her mother since morning. They have already washed the floor and dusted the furniture. Now they are cooking dinner together.

10. This is the factory where my father works. He has been working here for fifteen years.

11. Have you found your notebook? — No! I am still looking for it. I have already been looking for it for two hours, but I have not yet found it.

12. You have been playing with a ball for three hours already. Go home and do your homework.

13. I have been waiting for a letter from my cousin for a month already, but I have not yet received it.

14. It is difficult for me to speak about this opera as I have not heard it.

15. I just received a letter from my granny, but I have not yet received any letters from my parents.