Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous?
I. Choose the correct tense.
1. Mr Smith has bought/has been buying a new house in the country.
2. I have been helping/have helped my mother to clean up the neighborhood
all week.
3. My brother has been learning/has learnt English for two years now and he
loves it.
4. They have been painting/have painted twenty-five pictures.
5. She has been wanting/has wanted to visit Cyprus for a very long time.
6. He has been knowing/has known Mark for ages.
7. We have just been making/have just made an agreement.
8. People have been taking/have taken photos since 1851

 I like watching movies very much, especially at the cinema. I can say that I’m a cinemagoer. Every time new film comes out me and my friends go to watch it. The nearest cinema is at the mall. It’s a brand new building with comfortable halls. We’ve watched many films that I enjoyed but my favourite was one Russian film called “Elki”. It’s a bright New Year comedy, which consists of two parts: “Elki-1” and “Elki-2”. The first movie appeared a year ago and the second one appeared on screens this year. I liked both films because they were excellent. The title “Elki” translated into English means fir-trees. Traditionally, all Russian families decorate fir-trees on the New Year’s Eve. The biggest fir-tree is put up in Moscow on Red Square. The film shows how families in different cities of the country get ready for the New Year celebration. Some people even get into troublesome but funny situations. There are lots of characters in the movie who find love and friendship. I liked this film very much because there were many kind and positive moments. There were also some of my favourite actors, such as Ivan Urgant, Sergey Svetlakov, Gosha Kutsenko and others. If you haven’t seen this film yet, I recommend it.

I love outdoor games, including ball. And my most favorite sport is volleyball. We often play it in physical education classes in school. Still my friends and we stretch the grid in the yard, gather the two teams and throw a ball. This lesson I like it much more than to sit on the bench and talking down of boredom. On the beach or in the countryside, we also love to play volleyball. However, without a grid it is not convenient.
I like this game because it has enough simple rules. It is necessary to ground the ball on the half of the opponent team. This is not to kick the ball with your foot, you can only fight off his hands. No wonder the word "volleyball" means "flying ball". Win on points, so there's always a chance to change the score in their favor.
Volleyball develops dexterity and hand strength, reaction time and accuracy of eye, and attentiveness. Those who plays a lot of volleyball, and well-developed coordination.
Because to beat the ball down is impossible, do not need to run around the court at breakneck speed, like in football. But his legs still training, when hop up like on springs. Motion volleyball player light, elegant and beautiful. And this game is not one of those that take a lot of effort.
So I like to play volleyball itself/(themselves), than to watch events on TV, for example. Although there are interesting and follow others, because the volleyball part of the Olympic sports.
Volleyball is really a game of chance, it firmly unites the players of one team. Here we have to fight for the team to worry about luck all. And the victory brings me a lot of pleasure that you can share with your team!