Употребление Present, Past и Future Perfect Continuous
§ 1. Present Perfect Continuous употребляется:
1. Для выражения длительного действия, которое началось в прошлом и еще совершается в настоящее время.
I have been reading the newspaper since two o’clock.
Я читаю газету с двух часов.
2. При употреблении Present Perfect Continuous всегда указан период времени, в течение которого совершается действие. Этот период может обозначаться следующими обстоятельствами времени: for an hour – в течение часа, for a long time – в течение долгого времени, since yesterday – со вчерашнего дня.
He has been living in Moscow for ten years.
Он живет в Москве десять лет.
§ 2. Past Perfect Continuous употребляется:
Для выражения длительного действия, которое началось до указанного момента в прошлом и продолжалось до этого момента. Период времени, в течение которого происходило действие, может обозначаться с помощью различных обстоятельств времени: all his life – всю его жизнь, for two years – в течение двух лет.
It had been snowing heavily for three days before our arrival.
До нашего приезда три дня шел сильный снег.
§ 3. Future Perfect Continuous употребляется:
Для выражения длительного действия, которое, начавшись в определенный момент в будущем, будет продолжаться в течение некоторого периода времени до наступления другого более позднего действия или момента. Как и все времена этой группы Future Perfect Continuous употребляется в тех случаях, когда указан период времени, в течение которого будет совершаться действие for two hours, all my life.
By the first of September she will have been teaching at this school for 25 years.
К первому сентября она будет работать в этой школе учителем 25 лет.
Видо-временная система английского языка. Изъявительное наклонение (The Indicative Mood).
Действительный залог (The Active Voice).
| Indefinite | Continuous | Perfect | Perfect Continuous | |
| Present | I ask he asks we ask you ask they ask | I am asking he is asking we are asking you are asking they are asking | I have asked he has asked we have asked you have asked they have asked | I have been asking he has been asking we have been asking you have been asking they have been asking |
| Do I ask? | Am I asking? | Have I asked? | Have I been asking? | |
| I do not ask | I am not asking | I have not asked | I have not been asking | |
| Past | I asked he asked we asked you asked they asked | I was asking he was asking we were asking you were asking they were asking | I had asked he had asked we had asked you had asked they had asked | I had been asking he had been asking we had been asking you had been asking they had been asking |
| Did I ask? | Was I asking? | Had I asked? | Had I been asking? | |
| I did not ask | I was not asking | I had not asked | I had not been asking | |
| Future | I shall ask he will ask we shall ask you will ask they will ask | I shall be asking he will be asking we shall be asking you will be asking they will be asking | I shall have asked he will have asked we shall have asked you will have asked they will have asked | I shall have been asking he will have been asking we shall have been asking you will have been asking they will have been asking |
| Shall I ask? | Shall I be asking? | Shall I have asked? | Shall I have been asking? | |
| I shall not ask | I shall not be asking | I shall not have asked | I shall not have been asking |
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Порядок слов в предложении (Word’s Order)
Поставьте слова в правильном порядке так, чтобы получилось предложение.
ice-skater / an / is / she. - She is an ice-skater.
1. Portuguese / we / not / are. 2. Black Forest / in / is / the / Germany. 3. not / am /I / Dutch. 4. favourite / is / your / what / sport? 5. twenty-two / old / we / years / are. 6. what / capital / Denmark /of / is/the? 7. you / from / where / are? 8. pasta / his / favourite / is / food 9. are / New Zealand / from / they?