Task 4. Use THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE or THE PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
to fill in the blanks:

23. Tom is reading a book. He started two hours ago and he is on page 53. He ……………………………… (read) for two hours.
24. I …………………………………………………. (write) my friends at least a dozen letters since I left home and come home.
25. The telephone …………………………………………….. (ring) four times in the last hour, and each time it has been for my roommate.
26. A: ………………. you ……………….. (see) Jane recently?
B: No, I ……………………………. (see) her for a long time.
27. Susan …………………………. (do) her homework before 10 o’clock but Jane ………….…………….. (not /write) a word until now.
28. Sally is writing a letter to her boyfriend. She ………………………………………. (write) it since she got home from class. It’s going to be a long letter.
29. I …………………………………………………. (not / be) able to reach my boss on the phone yet. I ………………………………………………………. (try) for the last twenty minutes.

1) what is their house like? e) its big and comfortable
2) what are the people like? g) very nice and friendly
3) what was the trip like? d) it was very interesting
4) what was the weather like? k) it was so warm that we could swim in the sea5) what is the river like? a) it is very wide with a lot of bridges across it.
6) what is the street like? i) it is straight and wide with green trees and flowerbeds
7) what is the airport like? h) very busy. there are thousands of people there
8) what were the holidays like? c) they were fun
9) what was the forest like? b) it was thick and dark
10) what is the taxi like? f) its a new black car
11) what was the souvenir like? j) it was a book with beautiful pictures in it

He Olympic games were held greek land in the ancient times.The first Olympic games took place in 776 B.C. The Olympic games took placa every four years at Olympia and were a part of a religious festival.the four-year interval was called an olympiad. the games were so important that even stopped during Olympic games.
At first, the athletes took pari only in race (the sprint). Later, they threw the discus and javelin, then broad jumping and wrestling were added. The OlympicGames were held for more that 1.000 ye ars. The Byzantine Emperor Theodosius abolished them in 394 A.D.
The Games were revived in1896 to support understanding and friendship among nations.The first modern games were heid in Athens, Greece. Youngmen and women come fromall over the world to compete in various sports and represent thair country .
The live in an Olympic Village at the site of the games.
The Olympic games are organized and govemed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Jt sets the program of the games, chooses the city where the games are to de heid, and determines the standards of games. Each country has a National Olympic Committee. 
The opening ceremony of each Olympic games is held in a maior stadium. The president of the host country usually opens the games. Athletes from Greece march the first and ath lete from other countries mareh after them around the stadium in the parade ol Nations, Thcn, looking at the Olympic Flad, the athletes take the Olympic Oath: 
Weswear that we will take parti in these Olympic games in the true spirit of sportsmansnip ana that we will respect the rules that govarn them, for the glory of sport and the honor of our contry.
The Olympic Flama is lit with a toreh that is brought try a retay of athletes from the rulns of arelent Olympia in Greece.When the Games are finished, the is cowered and the lamc extingulsned.