1.1
More than 500 Russian spaceships have been launched since 1957
It has been raining for two hours.
We have known each other for a long time.
It has been snowing since morning.
Alice hasn’t phoned me since her birthday party.
The astronauts have been working in space for an hour and a half.
We have been writing the test for twenty minutes.
He has been playing football since he was 7.
My little brother has been ill since Monday
They have been doing sports since three years.
She has been listening to a new disk since she has bought it.
1.2
1) Earth is а planet.
2) The Sun is a star.
3) The Earth moves around the Sun.
4) A galaxy is a large group of stars.
5) People started to travel to space in the 20th century.
6) There are thousands of millions of stars in the Galaxy.
1.3
2) It was raining heavily, so I had taken my umbrella before I left home.
3) When we arrived at the theatre the performance started
4) Tom didn’t go to the cinema with us because he don't see.
5) She had learned the poem by heart by 6 p.m.
6) When I came home my mother had already made dinner.
7) Ты не дописал(а)
Mary: What do you feel like doing tonight?
Sandra: How about going to the cinema?
Mary: Brilliant idea! I haven’t been to the cinema for ages.
Sandra: That sounds good! I hope they still show „Finding Nemo“.
Mary: Oh, how can you watch it? It‘s about fish!
Sandra: Are you serious? It‘s the funniest cartoon in the world! And it teaches a lot! Come on, let‘s go!
Mary: How about „W&E“? It‘s nice and the seats are really comfortable. By the way they sell the tastiest popcorn!
Sandra: Shall we go to the “Pushkin”?
Mary: „Puschkin“? Are you joking? It‘s the most expensive cinemja in the Moscow!
Sandra: No, it isn’t. There are cinemas much more expensive than „Pushkin“.