Question

Скобки нужно разкрыть в Present Simple, Continuous, Perfect и Perfect Continuous.Дам балл: The police inspector ... (to investigate) this robbery for a week now.He (to talk) to all witnesses already but he ... (not to find) the robbers yet.​

Answer 1

The police inspector has been investigating this robbery for a week now.

He has talked to all witnesses already but he hasn't found the robbers yet.

Answer 2

#### Present Simple: In the Present Simple tense, the verb is used to describe actions that are habitual, general truths, or permanent situations. When using parentheses, we need to expand them to complete the sentence. In the given sentence, the police inspector is currently investigating the robbery. We can use the Present Simple tense to describe this ongoing action. The expanded sentence would be: "The police inspector **is investigating** this robbery for a week now." #### Present Continuous: In the Present Continuous tense, the verb is used to describe actions that are happening at the moment of speaking or around the current time. When using parentheses, we need to expand them to complete the sentence. In the given sentence, the police inspector is currently talking to all the witnesses. We can use the Present Continuous tense to describe this ongoing action. The expanded sentence would be: "He **is talking** to all witnesses already." #### Present Perfect: In the Present Perfect tense, the verb is used to describe actions that happened in the past but have a connection to the present. When using parentheses, we need to expand them to complete the sentence. In the given sentence, the police inspector has not yet found the robbers. We can use the Present Perfect tense to describe this action that started in the past and has a connection to the present. The expanded sentence would be: "**He has not found** the robbers yet." #### Present Perfect Continuous: In the Present Perfect Continuous tense, the verb is used to describe actions that started in the past, have been ongoing, and continue up to the present. When using parentheses, we need to expand them to complete the sentence. In the given sentence, the police inspector has been investigating the robbery for a week. We can use the Present Perfect Continuous tense to describe this ongoing action that started in the past and continues up to the present. The expanded sentence would be: "He **has been investigating** this robbery for a week now." Please note that the expanded sentences provided above are based on the information given in the original sentence.