Grammar 4 * Make sentences about the theatre during the time
of William Shakespeare using used to/didn't use to and
these verbs: perform, attract, pay, get, be.
1 Plays
up to 3,000 people.
2 The audience
quiet and often
shouted at the actors.
3 People
just one penny to stand
in front of the stage.
4 The Globe Theatre didn't have a roof and audiences
wet when it rained.
5 Women
; the actors were all men.
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1. I’m trying to study. I have been trying to study for the last hour, but something always seems to interrupt me. I think I’d better go to the library. 

2. The children are playing basketball right now. They have been playing for almost two hours. They must be getting tired. 

3. The telephone has rung four times in the last hour, and each time it has been for my roommate. 

4. The telephone has been ringing for almost a minute. Why doesn’t someone answer it? 

5. It has been raining all day. I wonder when it will stop. 

6. We have had three accidents so far this week. I wonder how many more we will have if you keep using the tools carelessly. 

7. We have been living here since last June. 

8. My little son is dirty from head to foot because he has been playing in the mud. 

9. What’s the matter? Your eyes are red and puffy. I hope you have not cried.  Oh, now I understand. You have been peeling some onions. 

10. Hello, Rob. I’m happy to see you again. I haven't seen  you for weeks. What have you been doing lately? 

11. I haven't been able to reach my boss on the phone yet. I have been trying for the last twenty minutes, but the line has been busy. 

12. We have had three major snowstorms so far this winter. I wonder how many more we will have. 

13. I have written to them three times, but I still haven’t received a reply. 

14. A: Dr. Harrison is a good teacher. How long has he been teaching at the university? B: He has been teaching here for almost 25 years. 15. A: What are you going to order for dinner? B: Well, I have had pizza. So I think, I’ll order that. 

16. My uncle has been painting the outside of his house for three weeks and he’s still not finished. 

17. The Smiths are presently in Tunisia. They have been travelling throughout North Africa since the middle of May. They’ll return home in another month. 

C) Use THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE or THE PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS  to fill in the blanks: 

1. I’m tired. We have been walking for over an hour. Let’s stop and rest for a while. 

2. The zoo isn’t far from here. I have walked there many times. 

3. I have written to my friends at least a dozen letters since I left home and came home. 

4. Sally is writing a letter to her boyfriend. She has been writing  it since she got home from class. It’s going to be a long letter. 

5. The telephone has rung four times in the last hour, and each time it has been for my roommate. 

6. The telephone has been ringing for almost a minute.  Why doesn’t someone answer it? 

7. She is 80 and she has never read a book in her life. 

8. The secretary is very tired. She has been typing all morning. 

9. Tom is reading a book. He started two hours ago and he is on page 53. He has been reading for two hours. 

10. Hello! I have been cleaning the windows. So far I have cleaned five of them and there are two more to do. 

11. My grandfather died 30 years ago.  I have never met him. 

12. A: Is your father at home? 

B: No, I’m afraid he has gone out. 

A: When exactly did he go out?

B: About ten minutes ago.

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В Лондоне есть множество незабываемых туристических достопримечательностей, одна из них - "Лондонский Глаз". Это огромное колесо обозрения, расположенное на Южном Берегу реки Темзы. Также известный как "Колесо Тысячелетия", "Лондонский Глаз" был самым большим колесом обозрения в мире до 2006, но даже после этого он остается самым большим в Европе. Поездку на таком высоком колесе называют полетом. Строительство колеса закончилось в 1999, но оно оставалось закрытым до 2000 года. Когда оно открылось для общественности, многие люди наконец смогли насладиться красивым видом на Темзу. "Лондонский Глаз" предлагает туристам отличный наблюдательный пункт, так подходящий для фотографии. Фактически, "Колесо Тысячелетия" предоставляло самую высокую общественную наблюдательную площадку в Лондоне до 2013 года. Каждая капсула колеса фотографирует своих пассажиров в конце полета. "Лондонский Глаз" - прекрасное место для посещения в Лондоне.