Put the verbs in brackets in the Present Perfect Continuous tense. 1. The vegetables (boil) since 10 o’clock.

1. The vegetables (boil) since 10 o’clock.

2. He (wait) for her answer for six months.

3. My sister (send) job applications for 3 months.

4. I (try) to find my documents since last Sunday.

5. They (learn) Japanese for a couple of years.

6. Father (drill) holes in the wall since noon.

7. My brother (play) computer games for 3 hours.

8. I (listen) to you very carefully.

9. He (not take) his medicine for the last week.

10. We (save) the money for a holiday for a year.

11. I’ll go and wash my eyes. I don’t want my husband to see I (cry).

12. The amount of crime (increase) for the last ten years and we can’t stop this process.

13.. I think it’s time to wake the baby up. It (sleep) for four hours already.

14. He had barely entered the room when the secretary said: ”Somebody (ring) for you for the last five minutes.

Fill in the suitable word: introduce, deserve, boasted, good-looking, merry, meet, accepted.

1.It was a very … face of a young creature. 2. He didn’t …. it from you. 3. Now and …he found an old newspaper and started to read. 4. Let me … you to my best friend. 5. Tom … that he could beat the boy. 6. Wr. Smith was a …. gentleman. 7. I am glad you have come, I would like you to … my parents. 8. Soames courted for Irene before she … him.

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:

He said good-humouredly: “I feel now better and stronger than I have for many years, dear Emily! ” No one had called Mrs. Meadows by her Christian name for a generation and it gave me a shock, as though the old man were taking a liberty with her. It was strange to look at these two old smiling people and to think that nearly half a century ago he had loved her and she had married another. W hen I asked him if he had ever been married he said he knew too much about women for that. Then he added looking at Mrs. Meadows: “I said I'd never marry anyone but you, Emily, and I never had, ” He said it not with regret, but with some satisfaction. Captain Meadows told us a lot of interesting stories about his adventures and about many things he had seen and done. “W ell, one thing you'haven’t done. George, and that is to make a fortune! ” said Mrs. Meadows with a thoughtful smile. “Oh, I'm not one to save money. Make it and spend it, that's my motto. But if I had a chance of going through my life again I'd take it. There are not many people who'd wish it! ” I looked at this toothless, crippled, penniless old man with admiration and respect. That was a man who had m ade a success of his life, because he had enjoyed it.

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