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23.02.2022 22:25 •  Английский язык

1. Put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect continuous tense

14 The petrol gauge (say) 'Empty' for quite a long time now. Don't think we should get some petrol?
15 I'm sorry for keeping you waiting. I (try) to make a telephone call Rome.
16 You (not eat) enough lately. That's why you feel irritable
17 He (speak) for an hour now. I expect he'll soon be finished.
18 That helicopter (fly) round the house for the last hour; do you think it's taking photographs?
19 The radio (play) since 7 a.m. I wish someone would turn it off.
20 I (shop) all day and I haven't a penny left.
21 We (live) here since 1977.
22 I'm on a diet. I (eat) nothing but bananas for the last month.
23 The children (look) forward to this holiday for months.
24 That pipe (leak) for ages. We must get it mended.
25 Tom (dig) in the garden all afternoon and I (help) him.
26 I (ask) you to mend that window for six weeks. When are you going to do it?
27 Someone (use) my bicycle. The chain's fallen off.
28 How long you (drive)? ~
I (drive) for ten years.
29 The trial (go) on for a long time. I wonder what the verdict will be.
30 It (snow) for three days now. The roads will be blocked if it doesn't stop soon.
31 Mary (cry)? ~
No she (not cry) she (peel) onions.
32 The car (make) a very curious noise ever since it ran out of oil.
33 He walked very unsteadily up the stairs and his wife said 'You (drink)!'
34 Your fingers are very brown. You (smoke) too much.
35 You usually know when someone (eat) garlic.
36 Ever since he came to us that man (try) to make trouble.