1. It has been raining all day long.
2. She has wanted this job for a long time.
3. They have been learning English for 2 years.
4. They have been owning this house for many years
5. He has been working hard this month.
6. He has been seeing her a lot lately.
7. I have known her for ages.
8. She has heard it several times.
9. They are having regular meetings lately.
10. The cook has been tasting the dishes since 2 o’clock.
Work in pairs. Most of the sentences below have mistakes. Find and correct them. Example:
0 growing With all the rain, the plants have been grown steadily.
1. John has been learning English since June.
2. She has been owning the house for two years.
3. He’s been reading the book for a long time.
4. We’ve lived here since 2003.
5. They have known it since morning.
6. Jane has always being very popular.
7. It has been raining for the second hour.
8. He hasn’t heard about her lately
9. She has been coming to our place many times.
10. He has read a lot before the exam.
Объяснение:
1. It has been raining all day long.
2. She has wanted this job for a long time.
3. They have been learning English for 2 years.
4. They have been owning this house for many years
5. He has been working hard this month.
6. He has been seeing her a lot lately.
7. I have known her for ages.
8. She has heard it several times.
9. They are having regular meetings lately.
10. The cook has been tasting the dishes since 2 o’clock.
Work in pairs. Most of the sentences below have mistakes. Find and correct them. Example:
0 growing With all the rain, the plants have been grown steadily.
1. John has been learning English since June.
2. She has been owning the house for two years.
3. He’s been reading the book for a long time.
4. We’ve lived here since 2003.
5. They have known it since morning.
6. Jane has always being very popular.
7. It has been raining for the second hour.
8. He hasn’t heard about her lately
9. She has been coming to our place many times.
10. He has read a lot before the exam.
Объяснение:
2. I had no change about me, so I couldn't take a bus and had to walk to the office.
3. We couldn't start the loading because the holds were not clean.
4. We did our best to avoid the damage but we couldn't.
5. We had to wait for the train rather long.
6. We didn't need to buy any provisions at our last port of call as we had everything in our store room.
7. He couldn't tell you about it as he didn’t see you yesterday.
8. He caught a bad cold and had to stay at home for a fortnight.
9. The work wasn't easy and needed to be done quickly.
10. They knew there was a trouble with the engine but couldn't locate it.
11. They didn't need to shift to another berth as there was no reason for it.
12. Do you have to take a pilot to enter the port?