| retrospect = looking back and summing up | |
| no progress | action in progress |
| It hasnt rained for a month | It has been raining for a month |
| with some verbs naming states, not actions | |
| no emphasison progress | emphasis on progress |
| I have lived here for ten years | I have been living here for ten years |
Translate into English.
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Present Perfect or Past Perfect
| retrospect: looking back and summing up | |
| retrospect from the present moment | retrospect from some past moment |
| I have never been to London. | I knew she had never been to London. |
7. Complete, using Present or Past Perfect (Progressive).
1. Mountaineering is dangerous. Few people ___ 2. They reported yesterday that several climbers ___ 3. I enjoy cooking. So far all my friends ___ 4. We tasted the meat and asked who ___ 5. I got a bunch of flowers yesterday. I wondered who ___ 6. He sighed and sighed, like a man who ___ 7. I have learned that the post ___ 8. The cat was exhausted, the whole night it ___ 9. Look at the hamster! It ___ 10. For at least two weeks I ___.
Progressive or Perfect Progressive
| an action in progress | |
| around you at the moment indicated | behind you for some time up to the momentindicated |
| Im going in for boxing now. | Ive been going in for boxing for a week. |
| We realized she was crying. (tears running down her cheeks) | We realized she had been crying. (dry but swollen eyes) |
8. Choose the correct variant from the brackets.
1. We had to wait because they ___ still ___ the suit. (were ironing/ had been ironing) 2. When we came they ___ already ___ dinner. (were having/ had been having) 3. We ___ (were walking/ had been walking) in silence when we heard a loud cry. 4. I ___ (was waiting/ had been waiting) for several hours when the telephone rang after all. 5. She looked around and saw that a car ___ (was parking/ had been parking in front of her house. 6. They informed me that they ___ (were trying/ had been trying) to trace the criminal since the day of the murder. 7. Last Sunday I ___ (was lying/ had been lying) in the sun all day long.
| Simple | Progressive | Perfect | Perfect Progressive | |
| simple facts, simple or repeated, with exact time | actions in progress between the beginning and the end | actions viewed in retrospect, in close connection with the moment | actions in progress viewed in retrospect | |
| She always helped people. | Oh, shes helping you again! | Shes never helped me. | How long have you been helping her? | |
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9. Insert the proper tense form of any suitable verb.
1. She ___ always ___ when I see her. 2. I ___ right now. 3. We ___ just now. 4. The children ___ football all day long yesterday. 5. The children ___ the piano from 4 to 5. Our family ___ in Moscow for ten years, then ___ to Voronezh. 6. The football team were awfully tired because they ___ while it ___ drizzling. 7. The dog __ till I __ angry and told him that I __ kick him if he __nt stop it. 8. Mother __ sandwiches in the kitchen and ___ any sounds. 9. The festival __tomorrow in the open air if it __ as heavily as it __today. 10. I __ homework for some time, ___ TV and after all ___ to bed later than everybody ___.
Translate into English.
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