Конструкция 11. Совершенное длительное (Perfect Continuous). Действительный залог (Active Voice)

Настоящее совершенное длительное (Present Perfect Continuous)

We've been looking for you, miss. - Мы ищем вас, мисс.
I have been thinking. - Я размышляю.
We have been waiting for this for four years. - Мы ждем этого четыре года.
I've been waiting for three hours. - Я жду на протяжении трех часов.
She's been trying to tell me. - Она пытается рассказать мне.
He's been doing it for thirty years. - Он делает это тридцать лет.

Прошедшее совершенное длительное (Past Perfect Continuous)

They'd been doing it forever. - Они делали это все время.
I'd been living here for two months. - Я жил здесь два месяца.
I'd been looking for it for two months. - Я искала это два месяца.
I'd been reading my favorite author, Jules Verne. - Я читал моего любимого автора, Жюля Верна.
You'd been working at Treadstone for three years. - Вы работали на Тредстоун в течение трех лет.

Общие вопросы

Have you been watching the news? - Вы смотрите новости?
Have you been working out? - Вы тренируетесь?

Специальные вопросы

What've we been talking about? - О чем мы говорим?
What have you been doing ? - Что ты делаешь?

Отрицания

You ain't been hanging or calling. - Ты не шатался и не звонил.

Упражнение 1

Раскройте скобки в предложениях. Поставьте Present Perfect Continuous или Past Perfect Continuous. Предложения переведите на русский язык.

1. I don’t know where my brother is. He was lost. I (look) for him since yesterday.
2. Do you like to live here? I (live) here for two months. I don’t know yet.
3. Where did I work? You (work) at Treadstone for three years. Now this project is closed.
4. What are you doing? I (try) to tell you how much I love you, but you don’t hear me.
5. Why can he be on the same wave with every body here? Don’t you know? He (live) on the streets since he was four.
6. Sorry, I am late because of big traffic jams. It’s ok. I (sit) here just for ten minutes.
7. What is his position? He is a shoemaker. He (do) it for thirty years.
8. She's one of the best teachers at the elementary school. She (teach) at kindergarten for twenty years.
9. Why do you doubt? I (think) about what you said.
10. We are so happy that our daughter gave birth to a baby. We (wait) for this for four years.

Щелкните на "посмотреть ответ" и сравните выполненное задание с ответом.

+ Посмотреть ответ

Упражнение 2

Из данных ниже слов составьте предложения и переведите на русский язык.

1. Looking, been, I’ve, forward, meeting, you.
2. My, reading, Jules, Verne, I’d, author, been, favorite.
3. A, like, I, living, been, nun, have.
4. Has, so, working, she, hard, been.
5. Talking, with, delegates, other, the, have, we, been.
6. Have, you, for, reading, hours, been.
7. Been, all morning, have, they, it, playing.
8. Has, years, for, that, been, she, telling.
9. Here, standing, I’ve, for hours, been.
10. You, three, for, been, have, waiting, hours.