1) It has been snowing all morning. And it is still snowing.
2) It has just stopped snowing. Look, how beautiful the trees are.
3) Jane has been playing volleyball professionally for several years.
4) I’m sorry I’m late. How long have you been waiting?
5) Where is Ann? − She is upstairs, cleaning her bedroom. She has been doing it since morning.
6) I have read the story up to the end. I can’t say I like it a lot.
7) Sue is in the garden. She has been planting flowers since 9 a.m. I don’t know if she has planted all of them.
8) Hello, Betsy! What on earth are you doing here? − I am trying to find an English−French−Spanish Dictionary. I have been looking for it all morning.
Complete the reported statements.
1 'I think this valley is beautiful,' said Errol.
Errol said that he thought the valley was beautiful
2 The glacier will melt in a few years' time,' he said.
He said that the glacier would melt in a few years' time,
3 'I can't go out today, because it's raining,' she said.
She said that she couldn't go out that day, because it was raining.
4 T've visited the Grand Canyon many times, the woman said.
The woman said that she had visited the Grand Canyon many times.
5 'Sailing by the coast was the best part of my trip, Karl said.
Karl said that sailing by the coast had been the best part of his trip.
6 'I tried to climb to the peak but I didn't get there." the man told us.
The man told us that he had tried to the peak, but that he hadn't got there.