C) Interrogative
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B) Negative
A) Affirmative
Ex. 7. Analize the following sentences and translate them. Compare the predicates in these pairs of sentences.
Perfect Continuous
| Present | Past | Future | ||||||
| I you we they | have | been working | I you he she it we they | had been working | I we | shall will | have been working | |
| he she it | has | he/she it/you they | will | |||||
| 1) for a long time 2) for 5 years 3) since 2 o'clock 4) all morning/day/week | 1) for 2 hours when he came. 2) since 2 o'clock when you came | 1) for two hours by the time he comes 2) next year for five years already 3) for forty minutes when you ring us up |
| 1. I am studying English now. 2. They were discussing the definition in class yesterday. 3. He will be speaking at the conference next month. | - I have been studying it since September. - They had been discussing the definition for some time, when the teacher came. - He will have been speaking at the conference for half an hour, when his scientific adviser comes. |
| 1. He is not doing any experiments right now. 2. She wasn't watching TV yesterday. 3. Next year they will not be living here as they are moving to another house. | - He has not been doing any experiments since last year. - She had not been watching TV for some time when her mother came. - Next year they will not have been living here for 5 years but for 6 years already. |
| 1. Are they working in the garden now? 2. Was he translating the text in class yesterday? 3. Will she be doing her research next week? | - Have they been working for a long time? - Had he been translating this text for an hour when his mother came? - Will she have been doing her research for five years by the end of this year? |
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| Ex. 6. Translate into English. | | | Note the difference in translation between the Present Perfect Continuous and the Present Perfect Tenses. |