Exercise 1 Put the verbs in the Present Simple form

Exercise 1
Make sentences in the Present Perfect Continuous Tense.

1. 
   I/to read/this book/for three days.
   
2. 
   We/to play volleyball/ for twenty minutes.
   
3. 
   She/to clean/the flat/for more than an hour.
   
4. 
   Peter/to swim/for half an hour.
   
5. 
   Anna/to speak/on the phone/for an hour now.
   
6. 
   You/to wait/for a bus/for ten minutes only.
   
7. 
   Nelly and Mary/to do the shopping/since early morning.
   
8. 
   It/to snow/since last night.
   
9. 
   Jack and his friend/ to ride bikes/for three hours now.
   
10. 
    The teacher/to explain/ a grammar rule/since the beginning of the lesson.
    

Exercise 2
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form

1. 
   Helen … (to wash) the dishes for fifteen minutes.
   
2. 
   My classmates … (to write) a dictation since the beginning of the lesson.
   
3. 
   Sam … (to drive) a car for five hours now.
   
4. 
   I … (to look) for information on the subject since last Friday.
   
5. 
   Molly … (to paint) this picture for three days now.
   
6. 
   The tourists … (to do) the sightseeing since nine o’clock.
   
7. 
   You … (to work) as a computer programmer for more than fifteen years.
   
8. 
   The wind … (to blow) since yesterday.
   
9. 
   My grandfather … (to collect) coins since he was a boy.
   
10. 
    Andy and Den … (to discuss) the plans for their winter holidays for two hours now.
    

Exercise 3
Translate into English.

1. 
   Yarim soatdan beri diktant yozishyapti.
   
2. 
   To'rt kundan beri bu kitobni o'qiyapsizmi? Yo'q, men uni ikki kundan beri o'qiyapman.
   
3. 
   U uch soat davomida nima qildi? U imtihonlarga tayyorlanmoqda.
   
4. 
   Bolalar parkda qancha vaqt o'ynashyapti? Ular soat beshdan beri o'ynashmoqda.
   
5. 
   Ukangiz yigirma daqiqadan beri nima deyapti? U to'tiqushi haqida gapiradi.