Exercise 6. Use the Present Perfect Progressive instead of the infinitives in brackets.

1. I (not sleep) for twenty three hours. 2. She (work) in the library for the last five hours. 3. We just (speak) about you. 4. What you (do) in my absence? 5. He (stay) here for three months; and I think my father (entertain) him too long. 6. She (have) a toothache since morning. 7. They (play) football for two hours. 8. She (dance) since yesterday evening. 9. Where you (sit) all this time? 10. She (tell) a lot of lies about me, I’m sure. 11. What you (talk) about since I left?

I don't want to be in charge of the project with Robert anymore. – How? He is very good at working on projects. - He's very inattentive to detail. When we worked together, he made some mistakes. I don't want to correct his mistakes.2. I forgot the documents in the office and decided to go back and pick them up because I wanted to work with them at home on weekends. When I drove up to the building, I saw the light in the Windows of my office. Someone was moving there. I thought our cleaning lady was cleaning the office floor.3. When I got to the Department and opened the door, I saw a stranger looking for something in my Desk. The man saw me and jumped out the window. I called security.4. You have such a beautiful scarf! Where did you buy it? – I bought it in the duty free shop at the airport. When we arrived at the airport, there was a thick fog, the planes did not arrive and did not fly away. All the passengers were shopping in the airport stores. I went there too.5. I'm very confused. When we talked about John, he walked into the office. - What were you talking about? He heard you? - We discussed his bad habits. I think he heard us as we spoke loudly and laughed.6. Why didn't you answer my phone? What were you doing when I called? - I talked to a very important client. I never answer my phone when I talk to clients.7. How did you meet? - we met while skiing in the Alps. He noticed me when we went up the hill because I was very nervous.8. Why were you nervous? - It was my first trip to the mountains. I didn't know how to ski well. I was afraid of falling.9. When I came down from the mountain, I fell, and he drove up to help me. When he found out I was fine, he offered to teach me how to ski.10. When we came down from the mountain, we found out that we live in the same hotel, because we participate in the same conference. After this incident, we attended all the events together.

1. This detective tries to get to the heart of the matter. 2. Beginning in the early spring, peasants rise with the first glimmer of the dawn. 3. The moral of this fable is very instructive. 4. A flock of pigeons settled on the roof of the cathedral. 5. My friend has a heightened sense of justice. 6. Do you really believe that there is at least one word of truth in what he says? 7. Shakespeare believed in the wheel of fortune. 8. The cycle of life is infinite, and it never changes. 9. The fate of a person depends on so many things. 10. High in the sky, we saw the arch of the rainbow. 11. From the top of the hill you can see the panorama of Florence. 12. The heart of a woman is unpredictable. 13. A group of sophomores studying the Italian language. 14. My car broke down, and now I need a round sum of money to repair it. 15. On the piano stood a soldier's figure. 16. The figure of the model must meet certain requirements.
1. Weather forecasters say that the weather is finally changing for the better. 2. My friend is an incorrigible romantic. He believes in all the best in people. 3. Now I'm reading a novel by F. Dostoyevsky "Humiliated and Insulted." 4. The sooner you make a decision, the better. 5. Do not talk badly about the absent. 6. The stronger the storm, the sooner it will pass. 7. He is from another world, he is one of the elect, of the privileged. 8. - I'm cosmopolitan. - And I'm a conservative. 9. The sky was pale blue, and the sea was dark green. 10. My friend works at the school for deaf-mutes. 11. I watch a new series - "Daring and beautiful." 12. All of us are looking for an ideal in this life. 13. Young and old, the poor and the rich have their own joys and problems. 14. Well done, you deserve a top-five.