Упражнение 8. Упражнение раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в Present Continuous, Present Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous, Past Simple. Aren’t you about to finish with the dishes? You _______ (wash) the dishes for thirty minutes or more. How long can it take you to wash the dishes? We _______ (go) to the Steak House restaurant many times. The food is excellent. A: What is that sound? B: A car alarm _______ (ring) somewhere down the street. It _______ (drive) me crazy —I wish it would stop! It _______ (ring) for more than twenty minutes. Can you translate this note from Stockholm? I understood Swedish when I _______ (be) a child, but I _______ (forget) it all. What’s that dent in the side of the car? You _______ (have) an accident? I’m sorry, John’s not here; he _______ (go) to the dentist. He _______ (have) trouble with a tooth for some time. This cassette recorder is broken. You _______ (play) about with it? Your Italian is very good. You _______ (study) it long? Do you mind if I clear the table? You _______ (have) enough to eat? Ann never _______ (go) camping. She _______ (not sleep) in a tent. Frank, where have you been? We _______ (wait) for you since 1 p.m. I’m not surprised he _______ (fail) that exam. He _______ (not / work) hard recently.

You have been washing the dishes forthirty minutes or more. We have been to the Steak House restaurant many times. A car alarm is ringingsomewhere down the street. It is driving me crazy. It has been ringing for more than twenty minutes. I understood Swedish when I was achild, but I have forgotten it all. Have you had an accident? I’m sorry, John’s not here; he has gone to the dentist. He has been having trouble with a tooth forsome time. This cassette recorder is broken. Have you been playing aboutwith it? Have you been studying it long? Have you had enough to eat? Ann has never gone camping. She has not slept in a tent. We have been waiting for you since 1 p.m. I’m not surprisedhe has failed that exam. He has not been working hard recently.