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ii     The Present Perfect Continuous Tense




Present Perfect Continuous Tense ii   ,  i,    , i   i  i.



     i  :for,since  ,recently, ,all morning/day/week //,latelyi .



 Present Perfect Continuous Tense



  Subject + have/has + been + verb (-ing) + 

It has been raining all day long. Im sick and tired of this weather.  i  .  i  .

  Subject + have/has + not + been + verb (-ing) + 

He hasnt been working all weekend. He is lying. i   i ii. i .

  (Question word) + have/has + subject + been + verb (-ing) + ?

How long have you been dating him?      i?



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 iii  ,   iii,  i :

Have they been sleeping?Yes, they have. ( ii) No, they have not. ( ii)

Has he been training?Yes, he has. ( ii) No, he has not. ( ii)



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 ,  i  Present Perfect Continuous Tense.

1. The vegetables (to boil) since 10 oclock. 2. Helen (to wash) the dishes for fifteen minutes. 3. My brother (to stay) with us for three weeks, he hasnt left yet. 4. She (to live) in this house for five years but she doesnt know her neighbors. 5. He (to wait) for her answer for six months. 6. My classmates (to write) a dictation since the beginning of the lesson. 7. It (to rain) hard since morning, I cant go for a walk. 8. The text is very difficult, the students (to translate) it since the lesson began. 9. My sister (to send) job applications for 3 months. 10. Sam (to drive) a car for five hours now. 11. How long you (to look) for her? Its strange that you can find her nowhere.



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 ,  i  Present Perfect Continuous Tense.

1. I (to paint) the fence since morning but I havent finished it yet. 2. I (to try) to find my documents since last Sunday. 3. I (to look) for information on the subject since last Friday. 4. The sun is shining but the ground is wet because he (to water) the garden for a long time. 5. You (to talk) for almost an hour without stopping. 6. They (to learn) Japanese for a couple of years. 7. Molly (to paint) this picture for three days now. 8. She looks very tired. What she (to do)? 9. The boss is very angry, because his secretary (to type) the report for five hours. 10. Father (to drill) holes in the wall since noon. 11. The tourists (to do) the sightseeing since nine oclock.



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 ,  i  Present Perfect Continuous Tense.

1. He is a good player, because he (to play) chess since he was five. 2. My brother (to play) computer games for 3 hours. 3. You (to work) as a computer programmer for more than fifteen years. 4. I (to listen) to you very carefully. 5. We cant see paths in the garden, because it (to snow) heavily during the whole night. 6. The wind (to blow) since yesterday. 7. He (not to take) his medicine for the last week. 8. He (to write) his summary since the lecture began. 9. My grandfather (to collect) coins since he was a boy. 10. I (to buy) food here since I came to this town. 11. We (to save) the money for a holiday for a year. 12. Andy and Den (to discuss) the plans for their winter holidays for two hours now. 13. The states of the roads are very bad here, though they (to repair) them for the last few years.




     The Past Perfect Continuous Tense




Past Perfect Continuous Tense      i,    ,   i i i      i      i ii ii  .



     i  :for (i  ii , ,all morning, five years),before i,since  i,  (isince  ,    ),how long  (   ),until/till,   i ,all morning, all day, all night long ,  ,  i,by   ( ).



 Past Perfect Continuous Tense



  Subject + had + been + verb (-ing) + 

He had been looking for a job for months before he got one. i   i,  i  ii.

  Subject + had + not + been + verb (-ing) + 

My sister hadnt been waiting long at the airport when they announced about the delay of her flight.       ,     ii .

  (Question word) + had + subject + been + verb (-ing) + ?

How long had you been going out with David before you split up?    i  i,  i ?



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Had he been working since 4 oclock yesterday in the garden?Yes, he had. ( ii) No, he had not. ( ii)

Had they been writing an essay for two hours?Yes, they had. ( ii) No, they had not. ( ii)



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 ,  i  Past Perfect Continuous.

1. My sister (to practise) for two months before that concert. 2. It (to snow) for five hours before the weather changed. 3. Where Robert (to work) since 4 oclock yesterday? He (to fix) a fence in the garden. 4. The boys (to fish) for three hours before Tom caught the first fish. 5. Betty and Jane (to argue




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