Put the verbs in brackets in the Present Perfect Continuous tense. 1. You (not finish) that book yet?

1. You (not finish) that book yet? You read it for more than a week.

2. The meat must be nearly ready. I cook) it for nearly an hour.

3. What you (do) for the last two hours? - I (sit) here working at this problem.

4. Sorry! I’m late. – That’s all right. I (not wait) long.

5. He (sleep) since ten o’clock. It’s time he woke up.

6. That helicopter (fly) round the house for the last hour; do you think it’s taking photographs?

7. We (walk) for three hours.

8. I (work) for him for ten years and he never once say “Good morning” to me.

9. The radio (play) since 7 a.m. I wish someone would turn it off.

10. He (study) English for two years and doesn’t even know the alphabet yet.

11. I’ll call for an ambulance. She (get) weaker and weaker since she had breakfast.

12. Hurry up, John. I’m waiting for you. You (have a bath) for an hour.

13. Who is that man standing on the corner? He (stand) there for the last half an hour.

14. Where is Dad? I (wait) for him since 6 p.m. We are going to be late to the concert.

Fill in the suitable word: charmed, impression, care, fell, accepted, scenes, support, raise

1. I … the invitation with joy. 2. She took… of her little brother. 3. Maggie.. in love with john from the first sight. 3. The play consists of two acts and four …4. The play made such an … on me that I would never forget it. 5. It was very noisy and the reporter had to … his voice. 6. they were sitting in the …, admiring the scene. 7. We were … by her manners. 8. Michael helped his father to … his family.

3. Give a short description of your friend according to the model:

She is rather short but so slim and graceful that she seems taller than she is. She has shapely legs and arms and her hands are beautiful. Her hair, slightly red, is curly. Her face is oval, her eyes are brown, but when she is angry they seem black. Her complexion is fresh, her mouth is full, her lips — red. She is lovely.

4. Translate into Russian:

The farm, an old-fashioned stone house, was built in 1673, and for three hundred years the people had been born and died in it and had farmed the surrounding land. George Meadows was a man of fifty and his wife, Mrs. George, was a year or two younger. They were both fine people in the prime of life. Their three daughters were lo v e ly and their two sons were h a n d s o m e and strong. They had no notions about being gentlemen and ladies; they knew their place, were happy and d e s e rv e d their happiness, as they were m erry, in d u s ­ trio u s and kindly. The master of the house was not George, but his mother, who was twice the man her son was, as they said in the village. She was a woman of seventy, tall, upright, with gray hair and a w rin k le d face. Her eyes were bright and shrewd and she had a sense of humour. Her word was law in the house and on the farm. In short, she was a character.

One day Mrs. George met me in the street and told me that they had received a letter from their Uncle George, whom them all thought dead. The letter in fo rm e d them of his coming. “Just fancy, ” she said, “he hasn't been here for fifty years.

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