Present Perfect Continuous Present Perfect
Акцент на продолжительности действия.Неважно, закончилось действие или нет.
I have been cleaning the kitchen all morning. I am very tired.— Я убирала кухню все утро. Я очень устала.
Mary is very studious. She has been doing homework allevening. — Мэри очень прилежная. Она делает домашнеезадание весь вечер. Акцент на результате действия. Действиевыполнено.
I have cleaned the kitchen. It is as good as new now.— Я убрала кухню. Теперь она как новенькая.
She can go out because she has done her homework.— Она может идти гулять, потому что сделала домашнее задание.
Действие все еще продолжается или толькочто закончилось. Можно задать вопрос how long?(какдолго?).
I have been watching the last season of “Game ofThrones” since yesterday. — Я смотрю последний сезон «Игры престолов» совчерашнего дня.
They have been hitchhiking for seven years.— Они путешествуют автостопом уже семь лет. Действие завершено. Можно задатьвопросы how much?(сколько?), how many times?(сколько раз?), how often?(какчасто?).
I have watched the last episode of “Game of Thrones”three times. — Я посмотрел последнюю серию «Игрыпрестолов» три раза.
I have never hitchhiked in my life.— Я никогда в жизни не путешествовал автостопом.
Present Perfect Continuous Present Continuous
Действие началось какое-то время назад,длилось и все еще продолжается.
She has been playing volleyball since childhood. She is a real professional.— Она играет в волейбол с детства. Она настоящий профессионал.
I have been washing the car. I need to take a shower.— Я мыл машину. Мне нужно принять душ. Действиепроисходит в настоящий момент.
She is playing volleyball.Look— she is wearing black shorts and a white T-shirt. — Она играет в волейбол. Посмотри— на ней черные шорты и белая футболка.
I am washing the car.ThenI’ll have a shower. — Я мою машину. Затем я приму душ.
Present Perfect Continuous Past Continuous
Действие началось в прошлом и либо все ещепродолжается, либо у него есть результат в настоящем.
-What have you been doing all day today?
— I have been working on a presentation for our nextmeeting.
— Чем ты занимался весь день сегодня?
— Я работал над презентацией для нашегоследующего собрания. Действие происходило в определенный момент впрошлом.
— What were you doing at 9 p.m. yesterday?
— I was working on a presentation for our nextmeeting.
— Что ты делал вчера в 9 часов вечера?
— Я работал над презентацией для нашегоследующего собрания.
Exercise 1. Составьте предложения в the PresentPerfect Continuous Tense.
1. I/to read/this book/for three days.
2. We/to play volleyball/ for twenty minutes.
3. She/to clean/the flat/for more than an hour.
4. Peter/to swim/for half an hour.
5. Anna/to speak/on the phone/for an hour now.
6. You/to wait/for a bus/for ten minutes only.
7. Nelly and Mary/to do the shopping/sinceearly morning.
8. It/to snow/since last night.
9. Jack and his friend/ to ride bikes/for threehours now.
10. The teacher/to explain/ a grammar rule/sincethe beginning of the lesson.
Exercise 2. Поставьте глаголы вскобках в правильную форму.
1. Helen … (to wash) the dishes for fifteenminutes.
2. My classmates … (to write) a dictation sincethe beginning of the lesson.
3. Sam … (to drive) a car for five hours now.
4. I … (to look) for information on the subjectsince last Friday.
5. Molly … (to paint) this picture for threedays now.
6. The tourists … (to do) the sightseeing sincenine o’clock.
7. You … (to work) as a computer programmer formore than fifteen years.
8. The wind … (to blow) since yesterday.
9. My grandfather … (to collect) coins since hewas a boy.
10. Andy and Den … (to discuss) the plans fortheir winter holidays for two hours now.
Exercise 3. Сделайте предложения отрицательными.
1. You have been writing a report sincemorning.
2. We have been working in the garden for threehours.
3. I have been typing letters since teno’clock.
4. Tom has been running for twenty minutes.
5. A cat has been sitting in the tree for anhour.
6. Jane has been studying English for twoyears.
7. They have been building this house for morethan a year.
8. My parents have been travelling for a week.
9. I have been having a lesson for fifteenminutes now.
10. They have been walking since afternoon.
Exercise 4. Сделайте предложения вопросительными.
1. He has been boating for four hours.
2. We have been skating since eleven o’clock.
3. Lucy has been learning this poem for twentyminutes.
4. You have been writing this article sinceafternoon.
5. My parents have been working in the hospitalfor thirteen years.
6. The music has been playing for three hours.
7. We have been speaking since five o’clock.
8. Beth has been taking a bath for thirty-fiveminutes.
9. They have been preparing for the test fortwo days.
10. The baby has been crying for half an hour.
