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УПРАЖНЕНИЯ
Сборник упражнений по грамматике английского
языка для студентов-юристов
Exercise 70. Translate the sentences into Russian. Mind
that the Present Perfect Continuous expresses an action occupy-
ing a period of time still continuing or just finished:
1. It has been raining since early morning.
2. John is very tired as he has been translating the article for
two hours.
3. Have you been learning English long?
4. How long have they been investigating the case of robbery?
5. The solicitor has been writing letters
to his clients since early
morning. He has written ten letters today.
6. Linda and Mary are travelling round Europe. They began their
tour three months ago. They have been travelling for three months.
They have visited six countries.
7. I have been waiting for the lawyer since ten o’clock in the
morning.
8. — What are they doing?
— They are working at the amendments to the Constitution.
— How long have they been working at them?
— They have been working at them since Wednesday.
— Have they done much?
— They have worked out two amendments already.
9. — Has the judge passed the sentence yet?
— No, he hasn’t.
— Why?
— The jurors are still discussing the evidence. They have
been considering the verdict for three hours already.
— When did they start to consider the verdict?
— They started to consider it at two o’clock in the afternoon.
10. The police inspector has been collecting evidence on the
case of robbery since September.
11. The drug smuggler has been giving his testimony for an hour
already.
12. By the 24th of September the Head of the Labour Law de-
Достарыңызбен бөлісу: