Question

1) Спишіть, вибираючи правильну часову форму.
1.He knows quite a lot of English. He (learns/is learning/has been learning) it for six years.
2.I (am making/was making/have been making) cakes. That’s why my hands are all covered with flour.
3.Her phone (rings/is ringing/has been ringing) for ten minutes. I wonder why she doesn’t answer it.
4.We (walked/have walked/have been walking) ten kilometres.
5.There is sawdust in your hair. – I’m not surprised. I (cut/was cutting/have been cutting) down a tree.
6. She (slept/had slept/had been sleeping) for 3 hours when we returned.
7.They (made/were making/had been making) their way through thick forest for some time before they came to a little house.
8.By midnight they (will ride/will have ridden/will have been riding) for two hours.
9.Nick wrote the letter yesterday and he (didn’t write/hadn’t written/hadn’t been writing) it before I came.
10.Mother wasn’t at home when I came. She (has gone/had gone/ had been going) out half an hour before.

Answer 1

1. He knows quite a lot of English. He has been learning it for six years.
2. I have been making cakes. That’s why my hands are all covered with flour.
3. Her phone has been ringing for ten minutes. I wonder why she doesn’t answer it.
4. We have walked ten kilometres.
5. There is sawdust in your hair. – I’m not surprised. I have been cutting down a tree.
6. She had been sleeping for 3 hours when we returned.
7. They had been making their way through thick forest for some time before they came to a little house.
8. By midnight they will have been riding for two hours.
9. Nick wrote the letter yesterday and he hadn’t written it before I came.
10. Mother wasn’t at home when I came. She had gone out half an hour before.