Perfect Continuous/Progressive
| Present | Past | Future | |
| Time expressions | for — в течение (for a month, for a long time, for an hour). Либо же используется союз since — с тех пор, который служит отправной точкой действия, с которой все начиналось. | (for … hours/weeks/years – в течение … часов/недель/лет, since 10 o’clock – с 10 часов, sincemorning – с утра, since 2005 – с 2005 года) | by the time … - к тому моменту, времени, как …; by that time, by then - к этому времени, к тому времени; before – прежде, чем; after – после того, как. |
| Affirmative | Have/has+ been +V-ing My sisters have been watchingTV for 3 hours. (Мои сестры смотрят телевизор в течение 3 часов.) | Had been+V-ing He had been sleeping for half an hour when the phone rang. (Я (уже) спал пол часа, когда зазвонил телефон.) | Will+have been+V-ing You will have been waiting for more than two hours when her plane finally arrives. (Ты прождешь свыше двух часов, прежде чем ее самолет, наконец, приземлится.) |
| Negative | Have/has+not+been+V-ing I haven’t been waiting for my brother for a long time. (Я не жду своего брата долго) | had+not+been+V-ing I have not been working since 10 o’clock, so I am not very tired now. (Я не работаю с 10 часов, поэтому я сейчас не очень уставший.) | Will+not+have been+V-ing You will not have been waiting for more than two hours when her plane finally arrives. (Ты не прождешь свыше двух часов, прежде чем ее самолет, наконец, приземлится.) |
| Interrogative | Have/has+S+been+V-ing Has he been living in Minsk for 5 years? (Он живет в Минске в течение 5 лет.) | had+S+been+V-ing Hadhebeen working since 10 o’clock? (Он работал с 10 часов?) | Will-S+have been+V-ing Will you have been waiting for more than two hours when her plane finally arrives? (Ты прождешь свыше двух часов, прежде чем ее самолет, наконец, приземлится?) |
| Формы Perfect Continuous (за исключением Future Perfect Continuous) имеют тенденцию ко все большему распространению в современном английском языке, хотя их употребление и ограничивается в некоторых случаях. Глаголы, которые не имеют формы Continuous, не употребляются и в Perfect Continuous. Это to be, to know, to see, to hear, to love и т.д. Вместо Perfect Continuous употребляется время группы Perfect. |
Continue the situations using Present Perfect Continuous.
Ex. Kate is out of breath. (she/do exercises) – She has been doing exercises.
1. John has a cut lip and Steve has a black eye. (Boys/fight)
2. Peter is really tired. (He/work/hard)
3. Billy is thirsty. (He/play football)
4. Mary has just returned from the beach. She is really red. (She/lie/without umbrella in the sun)
5. Frank is very happy. (He/play/favorite computer game)
Ask questions using Present Perfect Continuous.
Ex. Your brother’s hands are covered in dust. (You/clean/the garage?)
Have you been cleaning the garage?
1. You see a little girl. Her eyes are watery and red. (You/cry?)
2. Your boyfriend enters the room. His face and face are dirty. (You/work/on your car?)
3. You and your friend have just arrived to meet the friend of you who is waiting. (You/wait/long?)
Complete the sentences using Present Perfect Continuous.
Ex. It’s snowing now. It began to snow three hours ago.
It has been snowing for three hours.
1. Martha is playing. She began to play four hours ago. She … for four hours.
2. Kevin is learning French. He started learning French in November. He … since November.
3. Peter is looking for new job. He started looking three months ago. Peter … for three months.
4. Christen is working in Tokyo. She started working in Tokyo on 29 March. Christen … since 29 March.
5. Michael smokes. He began to smoke six years ago. Michael … for six years.
Ask questions beginning with “how long”.
Ex. It is snowing.
How long has it been snowing?
1. My eyes are hurting.
2. Chris plays football.
3. Peter sells used cars.
4. Jane is living Wisteria Lane.
5. Amanda is working in Paris.
6. Frank smokes.
7. Rebecca is learning Spanish.
Translate these sentences into Russian.
1. He had been sitting here for 40 minutes when the telephone rang.
2. I had been trying to get him on the phone all day.
3. At eight in the morning we had been driving for six hours.
4. Tom had been doing his homework for an hour when his friend came to see him.
5. He had been waiting for her for long time before she came.
6. We had been walking in the rain for many hours when we saw a house.
7. She had been sitting there for half an hour before it started raining.
8. He had been looking for his glasses for an hour before he realized he had them in his pocket.
Put the verbs into the correct form (past perfect progressive).
1. We (sleep) for 12 hours when he woke us up.
2. They (wait) at the station for 90 minutes when the train finally arrived.
3. We (look for) her ring for two hours and then we found it in the bathroom.
4. I (not / walk) for a long time, when it suddenly began to rain.
5. How long (learn / she) English before she went to London?
6. Frank Sinatra caught the flu because he (sing) in the rain too long.
7. He (drive) less than an hour when he ran out of petrol.
8. They were very tired in the evening because they (help) on the farm all day.
9. I (not / work) all day; so I wasn't tired and went to the disco at night.
10. They (cycle) all day so their legs were sore in the evening.