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.
My Favourite Writer (M. Lermontov)
One of Russia's most celebrated poets of all times, Michael Lermontov was born in Moscow in the family of a nobleman. He spent his childhood and youth in Tarckany, in the province of Penza.
In 1830 Lermontov entered the Moscow University, but very soon he had to leave it. Then he entered St. Petersburg School of Cavalry Cadets. He finished it and served in the Hussar Regiment of the Imperial Guard.
In 1837 the poet was exiled to the Caucasus for his poem "Poets Death". In 1840 Lermontov was exiled to the Caucasus for the second time. He was provoked into personal quarrel with his schoolmate. The quarrel led to a duel. On July 15th, 1841 the poet was killed. He was not even 27 at that time.
Lermontov began writing when he was very young. One of his first writings to be published was his verse tale "Hadji Arbek".
But he won fame as a poet after his poem "Poets Death" was published. Lermontov's poems "Demon" "Mtsyri" his great novel "A Hero of Our Time" and his play "Masquerade" are masterpieces of Russian literature.
Whether he wrote poetry, drama or prose, the stamp of his genius was to be found on his works. Lermontov's influence as of a poet and a thinker on all Russian writes can't be overestimated.
2) He gave her a glass of water and then she settled down.
3) My mum had been always making fried egg for me for the breakfast.
4) I took the folk and started to eat my lunch as fast as I could.
5) Marie can work with a knife very fast.
6) George, please, could you give me that spoon?
7) There was very disgusting food on the plate.
8) Look! There is yummy toast on a toast rack! (сорян, на большее фантазии не хватило:))
9) He knew that it is not pointless to add honey with tea when you take a cold.
10) Put these flowers to the vase, please.
11) I think you need a little bit salt to make this dish perfect.
12) She is in diet and eats cereal every morning instead of sandwiches with tea.
13) He was drinking an orange juice when he saw very beautiful woman he had ever seen.
14) They took the roll of wallpaper and set to work with a will.
Фуф, ну вот, написала:D